Issaquah City Council Mobility & Infrastructure Committee November 10, 2026

The City of Issaquah Mobility & Infrastructure Committee met November 10, 2026, for updates on the WSDOT fish-passage projects and Oldtown traffic calming. WSDOT and city staff described construction and utility-relocation work at Schneider Creek and Lewis Creek, with staged lane shifts and road closures extending through 2027 and related city work continuing into 2028–29. Staff said closures would be coordinated to avoid simultaneously closing both key corridors. The city also reported receiving three Transportation Improvement Board grants; $5 million in additional funding for the Newport Way project brings funding for its first two phases to $16 million of the estimated $18 million needed. No contract award, bid approval, procurement motion, or spending vote was reported.

The committee also reviewed Oldtown traffic-calming history and planned pedestrian-crossing improvements, discussed speeding and school-related traffic, and heard public concerns about safety and congestion. Police said a grant-funded traffic-unit position will add an officer, while staff noted limited transportation-engineering capacity and said the only current non-capital engineering evaluation is a consultant’s review of the queue at Second Street and Sunset Way. Members discussed possible future measures, including speed humps, traffic restrictions, and coordination with the school district, but took no formal action on them.