Ribbon Cutting for Mile 3a of Aurora Corridor Project is Monday, Aug. 6

Shoreline's Aurora Corridor Project hits another milestone, Monday, Aug. 6 with a celebraton of the completion of mile 3a.

The festivities begin with a rain plaza tour at 4:30 p.m. followed by a ribbon cutting at 5:15 p.m. at Shoreline Park & Ride, at 192nd and Aurora.

Improvements to this segment are very similar to previous miles of the Aurora Corridor Project, and include delineated driveways, wider sidewalks, landscaped center medians with left- and U-turn pockets, and BAT lanes.

Two features unique to this segment are the rain garden plaza on the southwest corner of Aurora and N 192nd Street and the “green” retaining walls. Beneath the plaza is a major drainage facility to collect stormwater from Aurora and control the flow of water entering nearby Echo Lake.

The “green” retaining walls allow low-maintenance, evergreen and deciduous plant species to grow on and cover the face of the walls.

State and federal grants totaling $10.8 million were recently awarded to the City for the final segment of Aurora, which means the City has reached the minimum funding needed to start construction. At this time it is anticipated that final design and right-of-way certification will be in place by Summer 2012 allowing the project to go out to bid and begin construction in early 2013.

For more information about the Aurora Corridor, visit project page.

Source: City of Shoreline.