#The Puget Sound Regional Council is seeking public comment on projects recommended for funding in Seattle. They are among hundreds of transportation improvements — bridge repairs, new light rail extensions, bus service, pavement preservation, sidewalks and more — that will be under way through 2018 around the Puget Sound region.
#Among the projects:
#•Northgate Link (UW Station to Northgate), $21 million
#•First Hill Streetcar (Broadway extension), $10 million
#•Seattle Central Waterfront regional passenger-only ferry terminal, $6.24 million
#•Center City protected bike lanes, Phase 1, $5 million
#•Monorail system maintenance, $3.08 million
#•Center City Gateway intelligent transportation systems, $2.62 million
#•King County Ferry District vessel maintenance project, $2.4 million
#•Renton Avenue preservation, $1.5 million
#•Roosevelt Way preservation, $1.5 million
#•South Michigan Street intelligent transportation systems, $1.38 million
#•South Lake Union Streetcar maintenance, $1.12 million
#•Seventh Avenue protected bike lane, $800,000
#•State Route 99/North 60th to 145th streets – Paving and ADA-compliance, $785,000
#•Low-income access to Bike Share Network, $397,900
#•Route 48 South electrification, $200,000
#See more information at www.psrc.org/transportation/tip.
#The public comment period will end Oct. 23. The PSRC’s executive board is scheduled to approve the final 2015-2018 Transportation Improvement Program that day.
#To comment:
#•By mail, to Puget Sound Regional Council
, ATTN: Kelly McGourty
, 1011 Western Ave., Suite 500
, Seattle, Washington 98104-1035
;
#•Via email, to tipcomment@psrc.org
; or
#•In person, on Oct. 19 or 23 at PSRC offices (1011 Western Ave., Suite 500).
#The region’s Transportation Improvement Program will be finalized later this year.