Bellevue Gets Regional Buy-in for Grand Connection Crossing Plan

Bellevue secured unanimous approval from five regional agencies—King County, Sound Transit, the Port of Seattle, King County Library System, and the flood control district—to use tax-increment financing for its $200–$225 million Grand Connection Crossing, a pedestrian and bike bridge over I-405. The King County Council’s Tuesday vote clears the way for Bellevue to meet a state-imposed June deadline to establish the financing district, with the bridge expected to open by 2030.