Date:
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Contact:
Kathleen Davis, Director, Highways & Local Programs Division
(360) 705-7871
OLYMPIA – Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond today announced the selection of 36 projects across the state that will receive a total of almost $15 million in federal transportation enhancement funding.
Transportation enhancement funds are received by each state as a portion of overall federal transportation funding. Projects that are eligible for funding may include restoring historic transportation facilities, building bike and pedestrian facilities, landscaping and scenic beautification and treating water pollution from highway runoff.
“These projects improve transportation facilities in communities across the state and will make our state a more attractive place to live, work and raise a family,” said Washington State Secretary of Transportation Hammond. “We thank everyone involved, including members of Congress who support funding for these projects, local groups who develop projects and assemble funding applications and our hard-working selection committee.”
A broad-based committee under a competitive process administered by WSDOT selects winning projects. The committee consists of representatives from WSDOT, cities, counties, tribes, pedestrian, bicycle, trail, and historic preservation.
The Statewide Transportation Enhancement Committee met November 6, 2007 to review the projects. Forty-three project applications, requesting a total of nearly $20 million, were submitted. Projects were selected based on regional priorities and timely delivery, representing large and small communities across the state totaling $14.6 million.
The following is a sample of the projects funded statewide. The approval letter, including a summary and list of all funded projects, is online at: www.wsdot.wa.gov/TA/ProgMgt/Grants/Enhance.htm.
- Chelan – Lakeside Trail – more than $466,000 to construct a paved trail linking the North Shore Trail to a section of the Lakeside trail along SR 150.
- Clallam County, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe and Jefferson County – The Olympic Discovery Trail – three projects totaling more than $280,000 for separate portions of the trail.
- Columbia County – Historic Dayton Path - $211,000 to design and construct a paved pathway connecting the Dayton Historic District to the Touchet River.
- Issaquah – Issaquah Regional Trail System – more than $3 million to construct a pedestrian bridge along SR 900 over the I-90 westbound on ramp to connect the Cedar River-Lake
- Sammamish and I-90/Sammamish regional trails.
- Kettle Falls – SR 395 Sidewalks – more than $260,000 to construct 0.2 mile of sidewalk along the south side of SR 395 including bide lane reconstruction.
- Mt. Baker Foothills Chamber of Commerce – Foothills Visitor Center – $800,000 to purchase property for the visitor center.
- Moses Lake – Wanapum Drive Activity Trail – $290,000 to construct 0.5 mile of trail paralleling I-90 and Wanapum Drive.
- Pasco – Sacagawea Heritage Trail-Phase 2 – $125,000 to construct 1.2 miles of trail from 13th Avenue to the Port of Pasco including signage.
- Sedro-Woolley – SR 9 Pedestrian/Bike Safety Improvements – $200,000 to construct approximately 6,000 of sidewalk on SR 9.
- Spokane County – Ben Burr Pathway – more than $315,000 to construct 0.5 mile of pathway within the old Ben Burr Railroad right of way.
- Thurston County – Chehalis Western Trail-Martin Way Crossing - $950,000 to construct a pedestrian bridge over Martin Way.
- White Pass Scenic Byway – White Pass Scenic Byway Signing – more than $240,000 for signage along US 12 from Mary’s Corner near I-5 to Naches.
- Yakima County – William O. Douglas Trail – more than $254,000 to construct a one-mile pathway along 6th Ave. adjacent to the historic Yakima Valley Electric Railway Line, and construction of a pathway over the Naches River Bridge.
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