Memorial trees and bike trail may not be able to coexist on Des Moines Drive bewteen SeaTac and Burien
Two long-planned projects involving neighboring Highline cities may conflict with each other along a 1.45-mile stretch of Des Moines Memorial Drive South on the Burien-SeaTac border.
Trees along the drive from South Park to Des Moines have long served as a memorial to the soldiers from Washington state who were killed in World War I. Through the years, due to urbanization and disease, many of the original trees have died or been removed. But plans are underway to renovate the drive by replanting elm trees.
Also in the planning stages is a Lake to Sound Trail. The trail is a proposed 16-mile-long biking and walking trail that would link the shoreline of Lake Washington at Gene Coulon Park in Renton to the shoreline of Puget Sound at Beach Park in Des Moines, while passing through the cities of Tukwila, SeaTac and Burien.
The trail would also connect to four regional trails: The Des Moines Creek and Westside trails, plus King County’s Green River and Cedar River regional trails.
Part of the trail would be along Des Moines Memorial Drive from South 156th Street in SeaTac to South Normandy Road in Burien.