City of Shoreline, WA : Aurora Corridor Project

The Aurora Corridor Project, N. 145th - 165th Streets, is complete. Above shows the view before and after looking north at the intersection at N 160th Street.

Aurora N 145th - 165th

Archival Information

Aurora Project wins Award of Excellence for "Best City Project"

Aurora Project wins Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC)
VISION 2020 Award

The Aurora Corridor Project is the City of Shoreline’s plan to redesign and redevelop the three miles of Aurora Avenue North (State Route 99) that run through Shoreline.

Shoreline’s section of Highway 99 carries about 45,000 vehicles per day and is a major transit route.

The goal of the plan is to improve pedestrian and vehicle safety, pedestrian and disabled access, vehicular capacity, traffic flow, transit speed and reliability, nighttime visibility and safety, storm water quality, economic investment potential and streetscape amenities.

Improving Aurora has been a community goal since the City of Shoreline incorporated in 1995. In 1998, the City of Shoreline began the two-year Aurora Corridor Multi-modal Pre-design Study. The study included an extensive public process with dozens of public meetings, open houses and presentations at City Council meetings.

A key component was the participation of a Citizen Advisory Task Force made up of representatives from the business community, neighborhoods and transit users. There was also an interagency team that included public sector stakeholders.

These groups recommended a preferred design concept that was unanimously endorsed by the Shoreline City Council in 1999. The recommendation included a set of implementation principles called the “32 Points” established to address issues and concerns raised during the pre-design study.

For funding and design purposes, the plan is divided into two sections: North 145th to 165th Streets and North 165th to 205th Streets