Transportation projects totaling more than $1.77 million in the Issaquah and Sammamish area will move forward following action Oct. 25 by the Puget Sound Regional Council’s Executive Board to approve the 2013-2016 Regional Transportation Improvement Program.
The Regional Transportation Improvement Program provides a list of current transportation projects in all four counties of the region – King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish. These projects are funded with federal, state and local funds, including recent federal grants awarded through PSRC.
Among the local projects receiving PSRC funding are:
Inglewood Hill Road Pavement Overlay – $175,000
Sammamish Intelligent Transportation Systems Phase 1 – 228th Avenue Project – $462,000
SE May Valley Road Preservation Project – from SR 900/Renton-Issaquah Road to 229th Avenue Southeast in unincorporated King County – $824,586
Issaquah Hobart Road Overlay Project – $315,414
“Securing federal transportation funding for communities in the region is one of the key roles of the Puget Sound Regional Council,” said Commissioner Josh Brown, PSRC president. “These projects are advancing a better system that gets people and goods where they need to go, provides transportation choices, and helps grow jobs in the region.”
The Transportation Improvement Program is required under federal and state laws, and helps to ensure that transportation projects are meeting regional policies and federal and state requirements such as those under the Clean Air Act.
PSRC develops policies and coordinates decisions about regional growth, transportation and economic development planning within King, Pierce, Snohomish and Kitsap counties. The council is composed of over 80 entities, including all four counties, cities and towns, ports, state, and local transportation agencies and tribal governments within the region. PSRC is also the lead regional economic development planning resource and home to the Prosperity Partnership.
More information is available by visiting PSRC’s online Project Map (http://psrc.org/transportation/tip/tip-map/) and zooming in and seeing projects planned in different parts of the region.
