KUOW: How rich Seattleites can lease public land through a program meant to protect it

KUOW’s overview of Seattle street ends. This is part two of two in a mini-series on Seattle’s shoreline street ends. Part one explores the “pearls of the city’s shorelines”

“Since 1996, when the street ends became protected, the city has issued 58 permits to occupy about 390,000 square feet of shoreline street end space, according to SDOT. A spokesperson for SDOT noted in an email that these permits “fund the ongoing maintenance and operations of the Shoreline Street End Program.” read more …

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