Bellevue Gets Regional Buy-in for Grand Connection Crossing Plan

Bellevue secured approval from five regional agencies this week to use tax-increment financing for its $200–225 million Grand Connection Crossing project, a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over I-405 connecting downtown to the Wilburton neighborhood. The King County Council unanimously approved the deal Tuesday, joining votes from Sound Transit, the Port of Seattle, King County Library System, and the county’s flood control district. Bellevue aims to complete the bridge by 2030 as part of broader housing and development growth in Wilburton.