Bellevue City Council members on Tuesday approved the creation and installation of five additional “wayfinding kiosks” to help downtown pedestrians navigate to significant cultural, entertainment, shopping, transit and civic attractions.

The new kiosks will cost $73,695 and will be paid for through a federal grant, administered by Sound Transit. Wayfinding is considered a key element of an established, complex downtown and the installations are seen as contributing to the character of public spaces.

Four wayfinding kiosks were installed last spring along the Pedestrian Corridor and Northeast Sixth Street. The new kiosks will be located on Main Street, Bellevue Way, at 110th Avenue Northeast at Northeast 10th Street, and near the Bellevue Transit Center.

Like the kiosks already in place, the new ones will feature a downtown map, a panel that tells a story related to the kiosk location and directional signs to various destinations. Three of the new stations will also include the same tree-like form of forged and fabricated steel that look like branches growing from the tops of the older kiosks.