Known for its curved pier and idyllic beach scape, Meydenbauer Bay Park’s second phase of development is now underway. Since opening in 2019, it has been one of Bellevue’s most popular destinations.
Community input is important for the project. People are invited to take an online survey by December 31st. With landscape architect Berger Partnership, the city will develop designs to share with the community in summer 2024, based on feedback collected now.
As it stands, only about 11% of Bellevue’s shoreline is accessible to the public. Residents have consistently shared in surveys that expanding public access to the waterfront is among their top three priorities.
According to the City of Bellevue, Phase 2 design studies will consider an extension of the pedestrian promenade and marina reconfiguration, as well as parking and shoreline restoration. Access to Lake Washington and integration with Downtown Park and the Grand Connection corridor will also be studied.
The design phase is slated to last about a year and a half. For more details regarding the project, visit the website.
When Phase 1 reached completion in 2019, it included a quarter mile of waterfront and a seven-acre park. The park features a pedestrian pier, hand-carry boat launch, various pathways and picnic areas, playground, and a building that hosts bathrooms and changing rooms. It also has a small meeting room and boat rentals.
Meydenbauer Bay Park was the starting point of the Grand Connection, a pedestrian corridor that extends east through downtown, across Interstate 405 to connect in the Wilburton neighborhood with the Eastside Rail Corridor, a regional pedestrian-bicycle trail.
