| As
the time draws nearer for the three-story, 59,000-square-foot
Catholic school to be built on the site of the
Woodinville Riding Club (17856 N.E. Woodinville-Duvall
Road), I become more and more incredulous.
Perhaps it’s because I drive this very
road every morning that I can’t believe
the school really got approved.
As a mom, I have experienced the traffic tie-ups
of dropping kids off to school in the morning.
It can be a real mess in the best of circumstances,
but this school does not seem to have any plans
for a bus service.
That means all 400 kids will be dropped off
by their parents at the same time each morning!
Woodinville–Duvall Road is already terribly
congested. Now, we’re going to add to
the current congestion, 400 cars with children
all trying to get to school at the same time?
Hopefully, the children won’t have to
run across the street because their parents
can’t make a left turn.
I realize the road will be widened and new
turn lanes put in, but this is a weak solution.
A couple of turn lanes will not solve this problem.
What was King County thinking when they approved
this plan?
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2006
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