Bellevue Reporter, March 23, 2012

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Council gets update on tolling, new lanes for 405 BY NAT LEVY Bellevue Reporter

Health food fans from around the region packed Evolution Fresh, located in the Lodge at Bellevue Square, during its first day Monday. NAT LEVY, Bellevue Reporter

Starbucks turns on the juice Coffee titan open nation’s first Evolution Fresh juice store at Bellevue Square BY NAT LEVY Bellevue Reporter

After years of spanning the globe with its green logo emblazoned on nearly every coffee cup the eye could see, Starbucks is taking a shot with some healthier fare. The coffee giant opened the nation’s first Evolution Fresh store Monday in Bellevue Square. The enterprise, a juice and health food retailer, more closely resembles Jamba Juice than its YOURstore. JUMBO joe-producing sister LENDING SPECIALIST

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Residents from around the Puget Sound area packed the new location, right next to the Starbucks in the Lodge, itching to check out the new drinks and food. “This is the gathering place of this region,” said Arthur Rubinfeld, president of global development for Starbucks. The store features juice taps, where customers can build custom-ordered 16-ounce drinks for $7.99, or eightounce offerings for $4.99. The menu is visible throughout the store, with a four-screen video wall that can display the drink choices with the simple press of a button at the main counter. In addition, Evolution Fresh also sells salads and sandwiches. An average meal with drinks and food comes

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Though extensive construction is set to begin this year on Interstate 405 through Bellevue, questions remain about how the project will be paid for, and who will be able to travel in which lanes. The Washington State Department of Transportation updated the Bellevue City Council on Monday on progress to build new lanes that could be tolled with rates varying by levels of congestion. According to the state’s schedule, construction from Northeast Sixth Street to Lynnwood is scheduled to begin this year. The project would add one lane both north and south from Bellevue to Bothell. This lane would be an express toll lane, as would the existing carpool lane. The carpool lane from Bothell to Interstate 5 would be converted as well. Use of these lanes would be priced at varying levels throughout the day based on congestion, similar to the system in place on State Route 167. Revenue from tolls is expected to pay for a portion of these new lanes, but WSDOT officials indicated this may not be enough, and additional tax raises could be needed. “I’m very confident tolling will not pay for all the improvements we want to see on I-405, said Kim Henry, director of the I-405/SR-167 programs for WSDOT. “I think there’s going to have to be some new revenue gas tax or something Artist’s drawing shows how HOT lane signs could look on I-405. WASHINGTON STATE like that - to match the tolling revenue DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION we are getting.” Other questions that remain are that of traffic capacity, and impacts on side streets. Bellevue has always shown concern that increased

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