Planning Initiatives

The city is considering changes to the Bel-Red Corridor to maintain the vitality of Bellevue's long-time industrial hub.

Overlake Hospital Medical Center is expanding, allowing for a plan to improve access both to Overlake and across Interstate 405 to downtown Bellevue.

Bellevue's Shoreline Master Plan, adopted in 1974, is being updated to facilitate shoreline restoration and more public access to lakes and streams.

Recent amendments to the Comprehensive Plan (Ord. No. 5802) and to the Land Use Code (Ord. No. 5805) will guide the siting and expansion of electrical substation and transmission lines.

The city is pursuing a variety of improvements to the Northup Way corridor, a major arterial that It lacks turn lanes and offers inadequate pedestrian and bicycle facilities.

In preparation for a possible light rail line in Bellevue, the Light Rail Best Practices Project is an effort to learn from the experiences of other communities that have light rail systems.

Final reports from the city's updated Downtown Subarea Plan.

Plans for a major waterfront park linked to the downtown core.