Project Location
In the vicinity of S. 144th St and Des Moines Memorial Drive S.
Project Overview
This project is part of the implementation strategy for Burien’s Northeast Redevelopment Area (NERA). The project includes relocating and daylighting approximately 500 linear feet of stream channel that currently passes through a combination of degraded natural channel and failing culverts, in the vicinity of S 144th St and Des Moines Memorial Drive S (DMMD), along with stormwater quality improvements to the roadway along DMMD.
Improvements include:
- Relocation of a segment of Miller Creek that currently passes through 2 culverts totaling 465 feet, both of which act as total fish passage barriers and are failing and in need of replacement, as well as 170 feet of degraded open channel
- Construction of greater than 1,300 feet of new stream channel, designed to minimize erosion and increase habitat
- Installation of two new fish-passable concrete box culverts
- Stormwater conveyance and water quality treatment facilities
- Construction of 1.4 acres of new floodplain to provide additional riparian habitat and flood storage
Project Status
- Scheduled Start Date: May 8, 2023 (construction)
- Scheduled Completion Date: December 2023
Neighborhood Impact
Miller Creek Trail (south of S 144th
Way) and trailhead parking will be closed beginning May 8, 2023, through
December 2023 or project completion.
There will be flagging operations on S 144th Way and Des Moines Memorial Dr throughout the project, including at least two partial shutdowns of DMMD for culvert installation and removal.
Project Manager
Dan O’Brien
Stormwater Engineer
(206) 241-4647
[email protected]
Updated May 8, 2023