Sammamish Plateau Diversion
The Sammamish Plateau Diversion Project will build new wastewater infrastructure to serve the growing East Lake Sammamish area.
Project description
The project includes new underground pipes in the East Lake Sammamish area and upgrades to the York Pump Station near Redmond.
This project will help WTD to expand its services and meet future wastewater needs.
Project update
This section includes project updates. For more details about these updates, read our latest project email. Sign up for our listserv to stay up to date.
June 10, 2026
Survey work continues in the project corridor
Project crews will continue collecting survey data along East Lake Sammamish Parkway NE and on NE Inglewood Hill Road. This information will help inform the pipe location within the corridor and construction methods. To learn more about the project corridor, visit the project’s Online Open House and click on the “Project Corridor” tab.
Saturday survey work
When: Morning of Saturday, June 13
Where: East Lake Sammamish Parkway between NE 28th Place and NE 18th Place
What to expect:
- Work hours are from 6 to 9 a.m.
- Temporary single-lane closures
- Traffic signs, flaggers, and a truck with flashing lights
- Minor delays
- People on bikes will need to merge with traffic.

Marking utilities along East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast
Crews are working in the shoulder, which does not affect traffic. Work is taking place Monday through Friday, between 7 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
Please watch for survey crews and use caution when driving or biking in the area.
Surveying trees
Crews will be surveying and assessing larger trees along the project corridor. You may see numbered tags on some trees. These tags assist with tree assessments and do not indicate future impacts. If any trees may be affected by the project, the project team will work with the appropriate public or private property owners. Tree survey activities will not affect traffic.
We’ve added community questions to our website!
Over the course of this project, we’ve heard from community members about your questions, concerns, and what’s important to you in this area. We’re documenting and tracking what we’re hearing and learning with the project team.
As we compile community questions, we’re adding some of them to a new Community Questions webpage on our project website. We will update this webpage throughout the project.
Check out the new Community Questions webpage here!
Thank you for visiting us at Bike Everywhere Day on May 13!
Our project team hosted a station as a part of Cascade Bicycle Club’s Bike Everywhere Day event on Wednesday, May 13. We enjoyed speaking with you and hearing your feedback! We’ll be out at more events this summer and fall. Stay tuned as we share more details in future updates!

A King County WTD representative discusses the project with two community members at Bike Everywhere Day, 2026.
Previous project updates
- Survey work this Saturday on East Lake Sammamish Parkway, March 2026
- Saturday work coming up, and still time to share your thoughts about the project!, March 2026
- More surveying coming up! And we’re still listening, March 2026
- We’re still listening! Share your thoughts and questions with us at our online open house, February 2026
- Survey work on East Lake Sammamish Parkway on Saturday morning, February 2026
- Translations for the online open house and survey are available! Deadline to participate extended through March, January 2026
- Update on what we’re hearing and how you can share comments and questions, January 2026
- Visit our online open house and watch for upcoming survey work, January 2026
- We had a splash seeing you at Salmon Days, October 2025
- Visit us at the Issaquah Salmon Days Festival!, September 2025
- Survey work on East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast in Redmond, May 2025
- Survey work winding down, and you can shape the future of clean water!, May 2025
- Survey work on Inglewood Hill Road and volunteer at CitySoil Farm, April 2025
- Updates from the Sammamish Plateau Diversion Project, March 2025
- Single lane closures on East Lake Sammamish Parkway scheduled for January 17, January 2025
- Traffic detours for monitoring equipment in East Lake Sammamish Parkway beginning the week of January 13th, January 2025
- Updates and holiday sewer tips from the Sammamish Plateau Diversion Project, December 2024
- Field work update and opportunity to provide input, October 2024
- Schedule update: East Lake Sammamish Parkway single-lane closures are scheduled to start October 10, October 2024
- Work along East Lake Sammamish Parkway starts October 9, October 2024
- Work along East Lake Sammamish Parkway starts next month, September 2024
- Permit approved for East Lake Sammamish Parkway single-lane closures, August 2024
- Upcoming work along East Lake Sammamish Parkway expected to begin later this summer, July 2024
- New schedule for upcoming work along East Lake Sammamish Parkway, July 2024
- East Lake Sammamish Parkway single-lane closures, July 2024
- Field Work coming up this summer on East Lake Sammamish Parkway, May 2024
- King County’s Sammamish Plateau Project looks forward to a busy year, February 2024
- Welcome to the Sammamish Plateau Diversion Project, December 2023
- King County launches the Sammamish Plateau Diversion Project, Fall 2023
Project timeline
| 2023-2025 | 2026-2031 | 2031-2035 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-design | Design | Construction |
Project schedules may change due to a number of factors. We will provide updates on our progress and schedule throughout the project.
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