As Seattle housing prices continue to skyrocket, many look outside the city for housing options. That has led to needed urban growth improvements in small towns like Sultan, Wash.
The city hall and public library of Sultan, Washington, United States., faced with dual challenges of aWith a bigger population come paying taxpayers and dollars for improvements to the public infrastructure. But issues surround traffic, housing, and development costs for new businesses.about how the city is handling this growing population, as more people look for housing outside of the expensive King County area.
By looking to develop a series of multiunit townhouses and rezoning single-family units to provide more dense housing, the city is looking to expand affordable home options in the area without sacrificing the small-town charm that Sultan residents expect.Another major issue is the road work needed to expand Sultan, situated along State Highway 2, and the development to allow more traffic in the area without disrupting the local businesses.
The options for the area include widening the road with a new lane through town, maintaining the stoplights, regulating traffic through the area, redesigning the road to have two separate one-way roads around the town, and adding a roundabout to the highway in the city.
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