City of Bellevue staff in the process of updating an agreement with Redmond regarding joint transportation projects in the Bel-Red and Overlake areas briefed the City Council on Monday about public outreach efforts in recent months.

The Bellevue Redmond Overlake Transportation Study (BROTS), last updated in 1999, is an agreement between Bellevue and Redmond that addresses transportation consequences of projected growth in the area that overlaps the two cities. An important difference between the earlier agreement and the update is the addition of an east Bellevue study area. Growth in the Bel-Red and Overlake areas is expected to have an impact on several north-south arterials that run through east Bellevue.

The most recent chance to find out what residents think about transportation problems in east Bellevue was at a BROTS open house on Sept. 17. Prior to that, there was an Aug. 19 presentation to the Lake Hills Community Club, a series of focus group sessions in August and a briefing for the East Bellevue Community Council in June.

People can get information about BROTS and make comments at www.bellevuewa.gov/brots.htm.

Bellevue’s Transportation Commission is scheduled to review work on the 2008 BROTS agreement this fall. The council is expected to review it in November and take action on an updated agreement in December.