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  Puget Sound Regional Council Executive Board                 psrc.org
 
              October 25, 2007

The Executive Board approved six transportation projects for inclusion in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP).

All six projects were previously approved by PSRC in July 2007 as part of a larger list of projects receiving PSRC federal funds; however, these six projects were new to the region and required a public comment and review period before they could be included in the regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP details hundreds of planned projects to improve mobility in the region, and verifies that the projects meet federal requirements and are coordinated and consistent with the region's metropolitan long-range transportation plan, Destination 2030.The projects are Carnation's SR 203 Tolt Ave redevelopment plan, Eatonville's SR 161 Rural Town Center and Corridor Program, Kitsap County's Miller Bay Corridor Suquamish Safe Routes to Schools Projects, King County's Avondale Road ITS Project, Everett's SR-99 Evergreen Way BRT Transit Signal Priority Improvements, and Kitsap Transit's Replacement Van Purchase. The funding for the projects comes from three federal sources administered by PSRC: Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality, Federal Transit Administration, and the Rural Town Centers and Corridors Surface Transportation Program.

For more information, contact Karen Richter at 206-971-3289 or krichter@psrc.org.

In other business, the Executive Board:

  • Adopted a routine amendment to the TIP, updating information for one Kitsap Transit and four WSDOT projects.
  • Certified Comprehensive Plan amendments for the City of Monroe.
  • Authorized the change in project status for the Aurora Ave North Multimodal Corridor project from candidate to conditionally approved for early right of way acquisition.
  • Authorized a contract for developing the regional transit database and sketch planning tool.
  • Authorized a contract for strategy development of the tourism and military clusters as well as an update of the data for the region's clean technology cluster.