SEATTLE — The Puget Sound Regional Council has recommended a diverse group of priority transportation projects to receive $502.4 million in funding during 2008 to 2010. The funds are derived from three federal sources available via the PSRC: Surface Transportation Program (STP), Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ), and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds.
"It's never easy to decide how to distribute scarce resources among such important transportation projects," says PSRC President Pierce County Executive John Ladenburg, "but I'm confident that the projects that moved forward today meet specific needs throughout the region. I'm also pleased that the scoring process for the projects took economic development and the industry clusters presented in the Regional Economic Strategy into consideration. We are really making a difference in the region by taking advantage of the economic nexus that occurs when you make a transportation decision and a land use decision."
The projects will be modeled for air quality conformity along with the draft 2007-2010 Regional Transportation Improvement Program, submitted for a formal public review and comment period in September, then returned to the Executive Board for final approval in October.
The following projects were selected to receive STP, CMAQ and FTA funds from the regional competitions:
University Link: Purchase ROW for Light Rail Stations, $12,000,000 South Park Bridge Replacement, $5,000,000 South Spokane St Viaduct - 4th Ave Off-ramp, $4,500,000 Lincoln Ave Bridge (Puyallup River Crossing), $2,300,000 Pacific Ave Safety and Mobility Improvements, $3,554,427 Lincoln Ave Grade Separation, $2,500,000 Bellevue Downtown Circulation Improvements, $2,049,000 SR 99 Bus Rapid Transit, $5,000,000 Downtown Tacoma Intelligent Traffic Control, $2,556,000 SW 27th St/Strander Blvd Connection $4,600,000 S. 228th St. BNSF Grade Separation, $5,000,000 WSDOT Fleeting Warning Light and Exhaust Retrofits, $1,500,000 Construct S. Everett Freeway Station and HOV Access, $2,000,000 Waaga Way Extension, $1,600,000 Pacific Highway South HOV Lanes, $2,000,000 Puget Sound Traffic Buster, $1,370,573 Airport Link, $15,750,000 Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal, $8,500,000 South Lake Union Street Car, $3,050,000 King County Metro Bus Rapid Transit, $5,000,000 Ferry Boat Replacement/Fleet Expansion, $2,250,000 Acquisition of Articulated Hybrid Buses, $5,950,000
A complete list of projects is available online at http://www.psrc.org/projects/tip/index.htm.
Puget Sound Regional Council coordinates decisions about regional growth and transportation planning in King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties. The Council is composed of over 80 county, city, port, transit, tribal and state agencies serving the region. It coordinates the distribution of about $160 million in Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transportation Administration funds each year. PSRC sets priorities and evaluates the most efficient ways to target those funds to support state and local transportation and growth management plans.
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