The MAP Team includes five agencies who regularly meet, with one primary goal – providing permit services for a selected set of WSDOT projects. Secondary goals include: improving environmental mitigation associated with project impacts, assessing and cooperatively resolving project risks, and actively seeking improvement opportunities. In the process of doing so, the MAP Team identifies potential permitting risks, develops cooperative processes and solutions, and provides a unified package of environmental information to the project manager early enough to make a difference. This process can reduce environmental impacts and provide a structured environmental permitting process resulting in efficient project delivery.
The MAP Team represents a business model that provides enhanced communication and coordination between agencies on public transportation projects. The team consists of: