GFreak said:
I've known to be wrong before but I find it hard to believe it will be a golf course since it's not the highest and best use for the land. Of this all depends upon the zoning.
After looking at King County's GIS webpage the proposed R/W for the future hwy 509 is approximately 350ft wide which is pretty wide. As such I would believe the ribbons around the trees are related to the hwy 509 extension.
Hmm you are probably right. Looked up that map and it does show the proposed route, and indeed it essentially runs right down 15th.
This route is different than the mailer i received years back. They showed the route running through Tyee Golf Course, up the hill where they were to eventually tie it into I-5 inbetween the 200th St. Exit and the Kent Des Moines Exit. That route would have taken out the bmx jumps, but wouldn't have touched much of the trail network.
But this route will effectively take just about everything out. And the route veers right through the heart of Des Moines and ends on Kent Des Moines Way near 15th. Weird place to end it.... Really doesn't do much for traffic imo, except maybe give people who live in Des Moines a quicker commute downtown, maybe 5-10 minutes...
But the 509 has been built in chunks, maybe this is yet another chunk and they're wanting to extend it into Kent or Federal Way in 2050....