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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Transportation Corridors <br />• Enhancing and improving transportation choices and facilities <br />• Developing partnerships and strategic plans. <br />Tukwila International Boulevard (TIB)Corridor <br />The Tukwila International Boulevardcorridor is defined as all properties <br />extending from SR 599 south to South 160th Street that abut TIB, plus any <br />adjacent commercial properties (Figure 15). The development along the <br />corridor is old and lacks amenities typical of new development areas. <br />There is a large amount of residential property along the corridor north of <br />South 137th Street (if extended) that tends to be visually and physically <br />isolated by the significant grade changes to either side of the right -of -way <br />and the descent from the plateau to the valley. The majority of the <br />commercial district is south of South 137th Street (if extended); <br />commercial properties north of South 137th Street (if extended) exist as <br />isolated level areas or pieces of land benched into the hillside. <br />The natural features of the corridor are ravines and a valley wall that cuts <br />across the northern section. The southern section is part of a large plateau <br />between the Green River Valley and Puget Sound. <br />The corridor is a jumble of land uses, building types, signs, parking lots, <br />and a wide expanse of roadway. Despite the absence of sidewalks, there <br />are a high number of pedestrians. The appearance of the road itself, <br />coupled with its continuing use as a major arterial, attracts many lower - <br />quality and marginal activities, and some structures show signs <br />of poor maintenance and disinvestment. The corridor has the highest <br />crime and pedestrian fatality rates in the City. It was identified as the <br />highest priority for City action during the Vision Tukwila process, and <br />design and improvement decisions are being made as this Plan develops. <br />With redevelopment, the Tukwila International Boulevard corridor could <br />evolve into a true local center for the residents flanking it. This would <br />necessitate a fundamentally different attitude toward public and private <br />development than has been seen in the past. Deliberate steps will need to <br />be taken to improve the public environment: streets, sidewalks and public <br />areas. The location, intensity and quality of new buildings and renovated <br />buildings will need to be guided. The corridor cannot be viewed as a <br />single, continuous road containing the same kind of uses and buildings <br />forms along its entire length. Rather, different parts should have different <br />degrees of emphasis. For instance, in order to create a sense of a place <br />over time, relatively intensive uses and activities will need to be <br />concentrated into a relatively small area that is walkable and that can be <br />Figure 15 <br />Pacific Highway <br />Corridor <br />December 2008 3 <br />