2:15 p.m.
The Puget Sound Regional Council’s Executive Board has just approved more than $7.9 billion in funding for regional transportation projects in its 2013-2016 Regional Transportation Improvement Program. Of that money, $1.8 M is being allocated for Bainbridge roadwork.
PSRC funding has been awarded to the following local projects:
- Ft. Ward Hill Reconstruction and Shoulder Widening Phase 2: $856,350. Phase 1, completed in 2008, consisted of roadway reconstruction, realignment, and shoulder widening from Country Club Road to Bolero Drive. Phase 2 will go from Sunny Hill Circle to Bolero and will include guardrail installation, rockeries, a storm drain system, and two drainage culvert replacements. State and local funding of $133,650 will bring the total to $990,000.
- Islandwide Chip Seal: $357,112. This program, slated for 2013, will provide chip sealing of Day Road from SR305 to Miller road (0.1 Miles), Miller Road from Day Road to New Brooklyn Road (3.8 Miles), Fletcher Bay Road from New Brooklyn to High School (0.9 Miles), and New Brooklyn Road from Sportsman’s Club to Madison (0.4 Miles). Additional state and local funding of $55,600 will bring the project total to $412,762.
- N. Madison Ave Shoulder Widening and Nonmotorized Transportation Plan Improvements Phase 2: $173,000. This 2013 project creates a bike lane on the east shoulder from Valley Rd. to Winther and provides ditch and culvert realignment. Phase I consisted of creating a bike lane from SR305 to Valley Rd. and was completed in early 2011. State and local funding of $27,000 will bring the total to $200,000.
- Madison Avenue Pavement Preservation: $433,844. The 2014 project will provide for pavement restoration of approximately 0.6 miles of Madison Avenue, from north of Winslow Way to High School Road. Additional state and local funds of $67,716 will bring the project total to $501,560.
PSRC Commissioner Josh Brown who serves as the Council’s President, accounted for the council’s selections: “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. It helps to ensure that transportation projects meet regional, federal, and state requirements such as those covered by the Clean Air Act.
Photo by Julie Hall.
