$78M in Puget Sound-area stimulus projects near approval
The Puget Sound Regional Council decided on Thursday how to dole out $78 million in federal stimulus dollars. The agency’s Executive Board voted to approve a list of projects in King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish counties.
That group was originally slated to meet on March 26 but decided to speed up the process.
The executive board approved the list recommended earlier the same day by the PSRC’s transportation policy board, which included a few changes from previous drafts.
The final version removed a paving project on Orville Road in Pierce County and cut $400,000 from the Port of Tacoma’s Lincoln Avenue grade separation, which would have allowed freight traffic to cross over railroad tracks. Those changes made room for an $825,000 project in Eatonville in Pierce County.
Here is the list:
KING COUNTY
Total funding: $40.4 million
Northeast 36th Street Bridge in Redmond, $11 million.
Renton Rainier Avenue South (State Route 167) Project in Renton, $2 million.
South Spokane Street Viaduct in Seattle, $15.4 million.
North Creek Trail - Section 1, Stage 2, in Bothell, $500,000.
Fourth Avenue Southwest Pedestrian Safety Project in Burien, $625,000 payday loans.
Southwest 98th St - Phase I, Pedestrian Corridor, $1.5 million.
East Valley Highway - State Route 167 to South 212th Street in Kent, $2 million.
First Avenue - Phase IIA, between Southwest 192nd Street and Southwest 200th Street in Normandy Park, $3.8 million.
East Lake Sammamish Parkway Northeast - Northeast Inglewood Hill Road to Northeast 28th Place in Sammamish, $3.5 million.
KITSAP COUNTY
Total funding: $3.95 million
Viking Avenue Improvements Phase II (McDonald’s to State Route 305) in Poulsbo, $3.8 million.
Core 40 Shoulder Widening Program - Blakely Non-Motorized Project Phase II in Bainbridge Island, $150,000.
PIERCE COUNTY
Total funding: $18.7 million
State Route 162 Rechannelization in Orting, $420,000.
Shaw Road Extension Phase III in Puyallup, $2 million.
Lincoln Avenue Grade Separation at the Port of Tacoma, $15.4 million.
Rural Town Center and Corridor Program in Eatonville, $825,000.