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Kent Comprehensive Plan

The City of Kent has spent the last two years actively working with the community through workshops, pop-up events, surveys, and other outreach to get your thoughts and priorities for the future of Kent. Your concerns, ideas, and recommendations have been used to shape this plan. As we move closer to the required adoption date at the end of the year, we need your help again. This time we need your feedback on the draft plan, the goals, and policies that is the roadmap for our decision makers for the next 20 years.

Profile and Vision
Land Use
Housing
Transportation
Parks and Recreation
Economic Development
Capital Facilities
Utilities
Shoreline
Climate

Kent Comp Plan Public Review

We want to hear your thoughts on our Draft Comprehensive Plan!

What is a Comprehensive Plan?

A Comprehensive Plan is a long-term policy document that guides how the city will grow and develop, covering key areas like land use, housing, transportation, parks, transportation and economic development. This plan sets a vision for the next 20 years, ensuring that Kent evolves in a way that reflects the needs and values of its residents and visitors alike.

By providing comments on the Draft Plan, you have the opportunity to share your feedback on the elements that make up the plan before they are finalized and adopted.


The comment period is open until November 12, 2024. In addition, the City will hold two public hearings in November where you can provide verbal comments in person or virtually via Zoom. Visit the project website at Engage.KentWA.gov/FutureKent to learn more.


How to Provide Comments on the Draft Plan: To navigate the different chapters of Kent's Comprehensive Plan, use the drop down feature located above the green bar at the top of the document. This feature will allow you to move between the 10 different chapters. You can review each chapter individually by clicking through at your own pace. As you read, feel free to provide your comments and feedback directly within the document. Please be advised that any comments you submit will be publicly visible.

Chapter Overview:

  • Introduction, Community Profile, Vision
  • Land Use Element
  • Housing Element
  • Transportation Element
  • Parks and Recreation Element
  • Economic Development Element
  • Capital Facilities Element
  • Utilities Element
  • Shoreline Element
  • Climate Element
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Hoa Nov 1 2024 at 7:13PM on page 44

Suggestion
Explore the feasibility of wireless EV charging infrastructure. Charging cables that have been cut are a headache for all
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Hoa Nov 1 2024 at 6:04PM on page 37

A welcomed shift, thank you!
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Hoa Nov 1 2024 at 5:41PM on page 24

Question
Are paths to and from schools not generally considered high pedestrian activity areas?
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Hoa Nov 1 2024 at 12:20PM on page 13

Suggestion
Consider annexing land south of Park Orchard Elementary to create a continuous sidewalk. Many young children walk to and from school and the current gravel area does not feel safe.
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Sheri Oct 28 2024 at 8:04AM on page 20

Concern
The new crosswalk at the Kent Post Office is a very BAD location, with cars to pulling into & out of the PO - the potential for a bad car (possibly pedestrian) crash is now more than ever. It is a high traffic area, why put pedestrians in the way? I feel a little more walking is good for the health of our bodies, please move it north or south, so it's out of the way of cars navigating the busy post office!
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Sheri Oct 28 2024 at 7:55AM on page 7

Suggestion
If the road could contain more lanes it would improve the gridlock in rush hours/events/etc...if not, at least adjust the traffic signals so we're not sitting at a red light while no one is going through the green.
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Patrick Oct 24 2024 at 6:48PM on page 41

Yes, please fix this! The number of driveways cutting across the sidewalk is insane. It's very dangerous and very uncomfortable.
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Patrick Oct 24 2024 at 6:46PM on page 41

Concern
I suspect lack of enforcement is the major driving factor in current dangerous speeds. I watch people do ridiculous things (passing 10+ cars by speeding down the turn lane, for example) every day, and I don't think I've ever seen someone pulled over.
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Patrick Oct 24 2024 at 6:44PM on page 41

Continuing to prioritize only cars on Kent-Kangley, forcing other modes to take longer distance routes will make it difficult to achieve this goal.
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Patrick Oct 24 2024 at 6:36PM on page 30

Question
Any improvements for bus service out here? The busses are pretty crowded at commute times, so I think more frequency could be justified. I'd ride the bus if it came every 15 minutes (mostly avoid it now)
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Patrick Oct 24 2024 at 6:32PM on page 28

Suggestion
While this bike network looks like a big improvement over what we have now, I wish the city would be a bit more aggressive with a 20 year plan. Even as laid out, you can get hardly anywhere without being comfortable with level 3, and honestly are probably still dealing with a few spots of level 4 on most commutes. Although this is a huge and much welcomed improvement, it still makes biking pretty uncomfortable in Kent. If we can accomplish this, though, I will be very grateful (it might just save my life, tbh).
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Patrick Oct 24 2024 at 6:06PM on page 27

Concern
I think I would say this is true if traffic actually drives this speed rather than if this is the speed limit. Let's not pretend that there aren't places where cars regularly drive significantly above the speed limit without consequence. If you set the limit to 20, but people drive 40 (even 30) it'll feel a lot less safe than if people actually drive 20.
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Jamie Simo Oct 23 2024 at 2:50PM on page 8

Question
Observation: Green River Road now shows a different classification than S 259th St. Should these be the same?
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 2:14PM on page 42

This is great, and very important. Also, bikes create almost no wear on roads, just sayin...
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 2:12PM on page 41

Suggestion
oh man, there are so many of these and these are very dangerous. Delaware passed a solution to this, don't know if we can implement it locally or need State/County to do it but it looks amazing: link
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 2:10PM on page 41

Suggestion
Safety plans, projects and programs are one thing, but designing safer streets, safer bicycle facilities, and lowering speed limits will actually make a difference. Daylighting corners, curb bumpouts for shorter crossings, more mid-block crossings like on Central Ave, protected bike lanes, lower speed limits.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 2:08PM on page 41

Suggestion
Yes, you can work with residents and businesses to lower speeds, but you can also lower speed limits to lower speeds, and redesign roads (when possible) so that they don't look like highways and don't encourage highway-style driving.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 2:03PM on page 38

There is currently almost no safe bicycle infrastructure in Kent that is also useful unless you live and work directly next to the Interurban trail or the Green River trail.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:57PM on page 30

this would be really cool. Rapid Ride to connect downtown with the light rail and Highline College? The missing link.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:52PM on page 27

Suggestion
You can turn most of the LTS 3s into 2s by just lowering the speed a little (as well as adding the striping).
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:50PM on page 28

Question
Going uphill (only, not downhill) on Smith/Canyon Drive/516 the speed limit is 40 mph currently with a striped, unprotected bike lane most of the way until the just turns into a wide sidewalk shared with pedestrians. For this to be level 1 transitioning to level 3 there would need to be a physically separated bikeway. Is that what's being planned? Currently, with a striped bike lane and speeds > 35 mph, this is a level 4.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:43PM on page 27

Question
Look at that. Lower the speed limit to 20 mph and magically streets become safer. Sounds like a terrible idea that should never be implemented.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:39PM on page 26

Concern
these are the only bicycle riders currently accommodated by Kent's "network"
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:34PM on page 20

Concern
What do we see here? Extra-wide, high-speed roads with long blocks and not enough marked crossings are extremely dangerous for people. We know what the problem is, now we need to fix it.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:32PM on page 20

Concern
blocks are too long
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 1:30PM on page 19

Concern
Several houses in my neighborhood (at least four) have installed massive bollards or small walls because they or other houses nearby have been repeatedly struck by fast moving cars along high speed arterials (James St and Smith/Canyon Drive). The Greater Kent Historical Society also had their fence smashed in by a car driver.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 12:46PM on page 14

There is an East/West bike lane on Smith starting at 4th and continuing along to Meeker
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 12:45PM on page 14

There is a bike lane here, on 4th running from James to 228th, missing on the map.
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Daniel Oct 23 2024 at 12:40PM on page 6

Suggestion
Safer streets (lower speeds) and more bike lanes will go a long way here.
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Brett McAllister Oct 22 2024 at 8:20PM on page 13

Question
Will there ever be consideration of paving a sidewalk (or atleast a concrete barrier) on 256th between 132nd and 140th, as it feels dangerous to walk on. Cars frequently cross over the white line that marks the sidewalk, making most of it unusable.
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Brett McAllister Oct 22 2024 at 8:18PM on page 13

Question
Will there ever be consideration of paving a sidewalk (or at least a concrete barrier) on 256th between 132nd and 140th, as it feels somewhat dangerous to walk on. Cars frequently cross over the white line, making most of the sidewalk unusable.
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Jamie Simo Oct 22 2024 at 7:18PM on page 29

Suggestion
RapidRide I Line does not directly serve West Valley. RapidRide should be one word, check T-5
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Jamie Simo Oct 22 2024 at 6:49PM on page 24

Suggestion
Should the sidewalk classifications in T-3 and T-6 mirror the roadway classifications in T-1? Also, T-3 mentions "individual collector arterial", should that say "industrial"?
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