Mt Baker-Columbia City-Hillman City Healthy Street
Updated August 1, 2024
What's Happening Now?
We are proceeding towards permanent design on the northern Mt Baker and southern Hillman City segments, while we continue to evaluate and conduct outreach in Columbia City. We use community use trends and public feedback to determine if these segments should become permanent, or if they should return to a Neighborhood Greenway.
While portions of the Columbia City segment remain under evaluation, earlier this year we announced that we removed a segment of the Healthy Street and returned it to a Neighborhood Greenway because it was incompatible with the existing street grid. Recently, we also made several spot improvements and materials upgrades in response to community outreach there. This included replacing temporary signs with upgraded concrete bases and establishing All-Way Stop control at three Neighborhood Greenway intersections.
The photos below show the importance of new signage and daylighting of intersections for the ability to see where people walking, rolling, and biking may be as drivers approach. For more information on these changes, please also see the “Design Elements” section below.
Project Map
Design Elements
Mt Baker and Hillman City Segments (A and C on Project Map):
- Segments still under review. Segments remain in place until evaluation has concluded.
Columbia City Segment (B on Project Map):
- Removing a segment of the Healthy Street on the following streets, because it wasn’t working within the existing street grid. This segment will return to a Neighborhood Greenway:
- Renton Ave S, from S Brandon to S Dawson St
- S Dawson St, from Renton Ave S to 37th Ave S
- Adding All Way Stops at three intersections along the Neighborhood Greenway (see graphic below):
- Renton Ave S and S Dawson St
- 37th Ave S and S Dawson St
- 37th Ave S and S Ferdinand
- Installing No Parking signs to enforce parking restrictions adjacent to non-arterial intersections and improve visibility for people using the intersection
Graphic showing three new all way stops in the Columbia City segment.
Schedule
Fall/Winter 2022: Collect community input on proposed permanent route and permanent features of the Mt Baker-Columbia City-Hillman City Healthy Street.
Fall 2023: Announced removal of one segment in Columbia City; continuing evaluation on Mt Baker and Hillman City segments.
Summer 2024: Completed spot improvements and materials upgrades in Columbia City in response to community outreach.