Marysville Sound

Transportation · Notice posted Dec 27, 2023

City requests environmental review for traffic signal and path at 53rd Ave & 61st St NE

The City of Marysville has applied for SEPA review of a proposed traffic signal and multi-use path at 53rd Ave. NE & 61st St. NE; written comments are due by 5:00 PM on January 12, 2024. 1

What the records say

The City of Marysville, as applicant and proposed lead agency, has filed for State Environmental Policy Act review of a project at the intersection of 53rd Ave. NE and 61st St. NE. The proposal includes installing a traffic signal at that intersection, building a multi-use path along 53rd Ave. NE between 61st St. NE and 64th St. NE (SR 528), and adding a bio-retention swale with infiltration gallery along the east side of 53rd Ave. plus an infiltration gallery beneath the roadway with an emergency overflow pipe to the south. The application was declared complete on December 22, 2023. 1

  • The City of Marysville is the applicant for the signalization project (File No. PA23-029). 1
  • Stormwater elements include a bio-retention swale with infiltration gallery along the east side of 53rd Ave. and an infiltration gallery beneath the roadway with an emergency overflow pipe to the south. 1
  • The City expects to issue a DNS under the Optional DNS process (WAC 197-11-355) and states this may be the only opportunity to comment on environmental impacts. 1
  • Existing environmental documents — a SEPA checklist, geotechnical report, and drainage report — are available through the City's document portal, and the case file can be reviewed at Community Development, 501 Delta Ave. 1

Why it matters

The notice states this may be the only opportunity to comment on the environmental impacts of the proposal, so residents who use or cross 53rd Ave. NE have a limited window — until 5:00 PM January 12, 2024 — to submit written comments. The City expects to issue a Determination of Non-Significance using the Optional DNS process, meaning the project could proceed without a full environmental impact statement; a decision on the application is due within 120 days of the completeness date. 1

What changed / what's next

  • The City of Marysville submitted an application for SEPA review of the proposed traffic signal and multi-use path project, declared complete December 22, 2023. 1
  • A public comment period is open, with written comments due by 5:00 PM on January 12, 2024. 1
  • A decision on the application is due within 120 days of the December 22, 2023 completeness date. 1
  • The City's expected DNS may be the only formal environmental comment opportunity for this proposal; the subsequent threshold determination can be obtained upon request. 1