In response to concerns from residents of the recently annexed Eastgate area, the council directed staff to perform an environmental analysis of a project that would add sidewalks along a three-quarter-mile stretch of Southeast Newport Way.

Depending on the results of the study, concerning the arterial from Somerset Boulevard to 150th Avenue Southeast, the council will consider adding the project to the 2013-2024 Transportation Facilities Plan this fall.

On Monday the council adopted the TFP, which includes 43 projects recommended by the Transportation Commission to support Bellevue’s long-range land use vision and accommodate anticipated development.

To be funded, projects in the TFP must be included in the city’s capital budget. The next Capital Investment Program Plan budget process (for the 2015-2021 CIP) will take place in 2014.