From: Comeau, Christopher J. <ccomeau@cob.org>

Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 11:24

Subject: Community Survey Coming May 11 for Lincoln-Lakeway Multimodal Transportation Study

This coming Monday, May 11, you will be receiving an email from me with a link to an online community survey for the Lincoln-Lakeway Multimodal Transportation Study and the City will be issuing a press release and social media posts with the same information.  This email is just a heads-up to keep a close eye on your email inbox on Monday.  The study involves the City, WSDOT, WTA, and the WCOG.

My hope is that you will forward the link to the community survey to all of those on your neighborhood association email rosters or other forms of communication that you use for neighborhood purposes. 

If you think that having some paper copies of the survey would be helpful, then you can email me and we’ll set up a time to talk and make arrangements for this.

I had originally planned to come to your neighborhood associations this spring to present the study purpose and have discussion with you all.  In addition, a public Open House was going to be scheduled for this autumn, but due to COVID-19, we cannot currently have public gatherings and we do not know when that will be a possibility.  That makes this community survey that much more important for you to pass along to the residents of your neighborhood so that we can understand neighborhood resident perspective on the transportation systems in this portion of this City, which is experiencing growth and change.  The survey will open May 11 and will close on June 1.  I’m hopeful that there will be opportunities for neighborhood meetings and an Open House in the future, but we will have to wait and see.

Why are we doing this study now?  This is how we identify major transportation improvements and costs that we can then try to seek state and federal grant funding to construct.  As an example, in 2016 we conducted a similar study on Lakeway Drive, which allowed us to secure both WSDOT and TIB grants to construct several sidewalks, bike lanes, bike boxes, flashing crosswalks, and the multiuse path being completed on the east side of Lakeway Drive between Undine and Old Lakeway.

Thank you for your attention to this and keep an eye out for the email with the survey link this coming Monday.  I am working from home, but please email me if you have questions. 

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Chris Comeau, AICP-CTP, Transportation Planner

Bellingham Public Works Engineering

104 W. Magnolia Street, Bellingham, WA 98225

Phone: (360) 778-7946 Email: ccomeau@cob.org

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