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TUKWILA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />Southcenter, Tukwila's Urban Center <br />• Update the Street Tree Plan for the Southcenter area (CBD) <br />• Seek additional funding for construction of the pedestrian bridge over the Green <br />River, connecting the Mall to the Sounder commuter rail/Amtrak station. <br />• Continue working with Sound Transit, the City of Renton, and the Union Pacific and <br />Burlington Northern Railroads to fund and complete the Strander Boulevard <br />connection between the Sounder commuter rail /Amtrak Station and the City of <br />Tukwila, including the pedestrian -only underpass beneath the Union Pacific lines. <br />• Coordinate with land use planning efforts to ensure that improvements in the <br />transportation and circulation system are parallel with projected growth in the <br />Tukwila Urban Center. <br />• Develop a Southcenter Streetscape Improvement Plan with distinct identities for <br />major streets and strategies for pedestrian - oriented improvements and linkages such <br />as new pathways, arcades, awnings, sidewalk eating areas, and special displays. <br />Fi••at:k al <br />- vwau9h [11arw6rhli <br />Ylrulr <br />Public Frontage <br />ID.0' 11.0` 6.0 <br />parking bike, '!navel lane travel (Dane bhke pvaokarng <br />New thoroughfare cross - section <br />Figure 26 — Example of envisioned Southcenter streetscape <br />10.2.43 Site Development. 'Create regulations and design guidelines to that result in high- <br />-- - -- - -- - __- - - -- - - -- <br />quality site design and contribute to the creation of enjoyable and safe pedestrian <br />environments through the usingegf site design techniques that include but are not <br />limited to: <br />integration integratinge4 architectural, site design, and landscape elements; <br />the co existence ofsupporting motor vehicle, transit service, and pedestrian traffic <br />(Figure 27); <br />12 Z:IDCD n Clerk'sIPC Laserfiche Packet105 -23 -13 PC Packet110 -TUC PC Berk with Staff edits.docx <br />May 2013 <br />22 <br />Comment [LM24]: Relocated from 10.3.1 & 10.3.2 <br />Comment [LM25]: Reworded to improve clarity <br />and readability <br />