List of projects (PDF)
Executive Summary of the 2001-2004 Regional TIP (PDF)
SEATTLE—The Puget Sound Regional Council is inviting public comment on a proposed amendment to the region's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) containing 89 transportation projects to be funded in the years 2001 through 2004.
A list of the projects (PDF format) included in the proposed amendment is attached. The formal public comment period begins August 10 and continues through September 14, 2000. There will also be an opportunity for comment at the September 28 meeting of the Regional Council's Executive Board when the Transportation Improvement Program is scheduled to be adopted.
Written comments on the amendment should be sent to:
Mail:
Karen Richter
Puget Sound Regional Council
1011 Western Avenue, Suite 500
Seattle, WA 98104
Fax: (206) 587-4825
E-mail: krichter@psrc.org
TDD/TTY: (206) 464-5409
The region's Transportation Improvement Program details hundreds of planned projects to improve highways and roadways, transit, and other forms of transportation in the four-county central Puget Sound region, ensuring that the projects are coordinated and meet federal air quality standards.
The proposed TIP amendment includes projects using federal funds managed by the state, and locally funded, regionally significant projects as required by state and federal requirements for air quality analysis. The program of projects funded by the Federal Transit Administration is also included in the TIP for the region's transit agencies, which include Sound Transit, Community Transit, Everett Transit, Kitsap Transit, Metro King County Transit, Pierce Transit, Seattle Monorail, and Washington State Ferries.
All projects in the TIP are modeled to determine if they are within state and federal limits for vehicle emissions. The projects in the TIP must also collectively result in lower emissions of pollutants than if they were not built.
On September 14, the Regional Council's Transportation Policy Board will receive a summary of all public comments on the proposed amendment, and will take action on a recommendation to the Executive Board. The Executive Board will meet on September 28 to take final action on the amendment.
Copies of the draft 2001-2004 Regional Transportation Improvement Program are available in major libraries and in the Regional Council's Information Center, (206) 464-7532, e-mail infoctr@psrc.org. The Executive Summary of the 2001-2004 Regional TIP is available in PDF format on the Council's Web site.
The Regional Council develops policies and 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 receives about $100 million in federal transportation funds each year and coordinates, sets priorities, and evaluates the most efficient ways to target those funds to support state and local transportation and growth management plans.