By Miki Mullor 

In 2019, Sammamish residents were assured that growth would be responsibly managed. The law was clear: Under Washington’s Growth Management Act, no development can move forward unless infrastructure keeps pace (“concurrent with development”) – aka “concurrency”.

Specifically, any road improvements used to pass a concurrency test must be funded and built within six years.

That safeguard was supposed to protect residents from exactly what Sammamish has been plagued for years: unchecked growth without the adequate infrastructure.

Yet, six years after STCA Phase 1 in the Town Center was approved based on the $54 million Sahalee way improvement project, that project has not been completed, as legally required.  It has not even started.

This is not the first time the city approves development under the concurrency 6 years allowance, as concurrency tests failed over the years – this was just the most egregious example.