Bus riders, Mukilteo residents and commuters who drive through Everett will benefit most when nearly $40 million federal road and transit dollars are sent to Snohomish County in 2005.
The Puget Sound Regional Council is asking for public comment on its plan to divide $326 million in federal transportation dollars that it expects to receive from next year’s federal highway bill.
Snohomish, King, Pierce and Kitsap counties will share the money. Snohomish County’s share is $38.5 million.
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To offer your feedback on the Puget Sound Regional Council’s plan for dividing $326 million in federal transportation dollars, you are invited to council meetings on Oct. 14 or 28. Or you can make comments online at www.psrc.org/ projects/tip/commentform.htm or write to Karen Richter, 1011 Western Ave., Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98104.
For more information, call 206-464-6343. |
“We want to hear how these projects will affect” the public, said Michele Leslie, public involvement coordinator for the council. “We definitely want to hear if they support the projects.”
The money is divided using a variety of formulas that mostly have to do with how many people live in each county. Much of the money is awarded based on competitive bids that local jurisdictions make to the regional council.
The regional council will make a final decision on the plan Oct. 28. The numbers could change – they’ll probably go up – when Congress approves a new transportation bill, perhaps early next year.
Under the proposal, Community Transit would get $18.2 million; a ferry, train and bus station in Mukilteo would get $5.8 million; and two bridge projects on I-5 in Everett would get $4.8 million.
Here’s a complete breakdown of the $38.5 million the county expects to get.
* $700,000 for work at 196th Street SW, Filbert Road and Highway 524 in Bothell.
* $600,000 for North Creek Trail in Bothell.
* $5.2 million for Community Transit’s service to the disabled.
* $4.2 million for bus replacement at Community Transit.
* $3.2 million for a Community Transit commuter station in Mountlake Terrace.
* $5.3 million for preventive maintenance at Community Transit.
* $311,308 for Community Transit to buy ride-share vans.
* $2.4 million for widening the 112th Street SE bridge over I-5 in Everett.
* $2.4 million for building a new 41st Street overpass in Everett.
* $1.3 million for Everett Transit’s service to the disabled and seniors.
* $792,358 for preventive maintenance at Everett Transit.
* $1.8 million for work on the 44th Avenue W. interurban trail and bridge in Lynnwood.
* $1 million for work on State Avenue from 136th Street NE to 152nd Street NE in Marysville.
* $343,250 for work on 51st Avenue NE and 122nd Place NE in unincorporated Snohomish County.
*$650,000 to Snohomish County for investments in technology that help keep traffic moving.
* $1.5 million for Sound Transit’s Mountlake Terrace commuter station.
* $628,702 for commuter rail and pedestrian connections at the future train, ferry and bus stop in Mukilteo.
* $5.2 million for building a new ferry terminal in Mukilteo.
* $380,750 for work on the Highway 523-72nd Avenue NW intersection in Stanwood.
* $200,000 for a traffic signal on U.S. 2 at Fifth Street in Sultan.
* $500,000 for work on U.S. 2’s intersection with Sultan Basin Road in Sultan.
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