Last week a draft master plan for the new waterfront park that is planned for Meydenbauer Bay was presented to the City of Bellevue Council last week. (See Master Plan here)
The City of Bellevue plans to create a 10-acre park, which would use waterfront lots that have been acquired over the years by the city. The park would span from Meydenbauer Beach Park to Bellevue Marina at Meydenbauer Park. According to the city’s plan another initiative of the park would be improved walkways and plazas connecting Downtown to the park.
A steering committee, which was appointed by the council, drafted the plan and recommendations. After the Parks Board reviews the plan it is expected to go to the City Council for review and adoption this spring. No construction schedule has currently been identified, nor did they release a timeline for the park.
The City of Bellevue completed their last purchase of property: 1.5 acres on Meydenbauer Bay for $9.5 million in August 7, 2007 (see article here).
Renderings of the Purposed Meydenbauer Park
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Images Credit: City of Bellevue
This will be great…I look forward to this. Hopefully they can hurry this through!
Lovely. I wonder how they will come up with financing to build this thing.
pretty please just tear down the buildings and have open space there for picnics! They have already owned the properties for 3 years, it may be many years before there is financing for this.
The just passed parks levy did not include funding for this, and there is no way with the budget cuts this park will get funding.