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 King County Executive Dow Constantine today was joined by funding partners – including Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, Amazon, City of Bellevue, and Kaiser Permanente – to begin transforming the 1,000-foot-long Wilburton Trestle, adding it to Eastrail to offer skyline views of Bellevue and connections to other regional trails and high-capacity transit.
The 120-year-old trestle – the oldest of its kind in the Pacific Northwest – is expected to be one of the most popular segments of the emerging 42-mile Eastrail, a former railroad line that is being converted into an uninterrupted regional trail that connects South and East King County communities to Snohomish County with a spur to Redmond.
“We’ve built strong partnerships to transform the historic Wilburton Trestle into a trail bridge for Eastrail,” said Executive Constantine. “Creating a regional trail that offers healthy, reliable, scenic connections to some of the world’s leading job centers, vibrant cities, and light rail service demonstrates what we can achieve when we align public and private investments to achieve shared goals.”
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