NE 42nd St is a public street and all citizens have a right to use the street.The barricade proposal was considered and rejected by the Hearing Examiner.  The street connection was required by the plat approval of the Old Mill Point development.The barricade diverts 1420 cars per day according to the city traffic study. The diverted traffic cuts through the Timberline neighborhood along a detour route that ranges between two miles and three miles. The distance of the barricaded street is one mile. In round numbers this adds half a million to one million Vehicle Miles of Travel per year due to the longer detour route. Removing the barricade will reduce congestion, reduce carbon emissions, save gasoline, and reduce the risk of accidents with fewer overall miles of driving. Everyone in Sammamish that travels the Sahalee Way/SR 202 route is negatively affected by this barricaded street even if they never travel on NE 42nd Street because it increases congestion on the barricade detour route.  The barricade was intended to be temporary until the SR 202 improvements were completed, now the barricade is no longer needed.

Greg Reynolds, Sammamish