Tuesday, Oct. 20, 10:30 a.m.
Site of the future transit center
3rd Street & Park Lane
A new transit center is being built in beautiful downtown Kirkland, replacing the existing 22-year-old facility. Join us as we break ground on this important transportation project that will improve local and express bus service to the heart of downtown.
The Kirkland Transit Center will make it easier for people to use transit to get to some of Kirkland’s key destinations -- the pool and fields of Peter Kirk Park, the Kirkland Performance Center, as well as the new expanded Kirkland Library, which reopens this December. A new park trellis will serve as a gateway to the park. New trees, landscaping and a pedestrian-friendly design will welcome riders into Kirkland, just a few blocks from the marina and downtown shopping. The new transit center will be completed by the end of 2010.
Public art
Artist Carolyn Law is creating a “place to be” within the new transit center. Large granite blocks will line the stairs creating another outdoor resting place along the path of Peter Kirk Park and the new Kirkland Library.
Working Together
The project was planned in cooperation with the City of Kirkland, King County Wastewater Treatment Division and King County Library System. Construction is being coordinated among the agencies and their projects to minimize impacts to local businesses and residents. Community outreach efforts have been coordinated to keep the public informed about these downtown Kirkland projects.
Learn more about the other city and county projects going on in coordination with Sound Transit’s transit center project.
Kirkland Library Expansion
Kirkland Wastewater Project
To request accommodations for persons with disabilities, call 1-800-201-4900/
TTY Relay: 711 or e-mail accessibility@soundtransit.org
Non-English interpretive services can be arranged with sufficient notice by
calling 1-800-823-9230 during normal business hours.
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Getting There
Transit Options
The event will take place near the interim Kirkland Transit Center bus bays, which are served by several King County Metro and Sound Transit bus routes.
Directions
If driving, we encourage you to carpool. Free four-hour parking is available adjacent to the event site, at the Peter Kirk Municipal Garage under the future Kirkland Library.
From I-405:
- Take I-405 North or South toward Kirkland
- Take exit 18 for NE 85th St.
- Head west on NE 85th St toward downtown Kirkland
- Turn left onto 6th St
- Turn right onto Kirkland Way
- After passing the Kirkland Performance Center, look for event parking signs on your right
- Turn right into the Peter Kirk Municipal Garage under the Kirkland Library at Kirkland Avenue and 3rd Street
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