WSDOT - 2001 Project Highlights

WSDOT is wrapping up a season of construction to improve Washington's highways and Interstate freeways. Since January 1st, WSDOT and our contractors have completed 88 projects to rebuild interchanges and bridges, pave roads and make safety improvements across the state. For these 88 projects, the total of our engineers' estimates were $141.6 million and the total of the winning contractors' bids was $126.5 million. Our final contractor payments were just under $130 million. That's about 2.5% over the prices at which the work was awarded to the contractor.

WSDOT is working hard to demonstrate to legislators, taxpayers and motorists our success in delivering projects. We think our record is worth sharing. Below is a sampling of projects that demonstrate our ability to get the job done.

This construction season also highlighted areas where we need improvement. Severe traffic tie ups in Everett from our SR 529 bridge work show we can do better on traffic management and communications with those affected by our work.

Click on the stars to read the project results:

2001 State Map with locations of highlighted projects

Project Name	Location	On Time	On Budget	Comments
SR 14 Lyle Tunnel Repairs	Klickitat County	Poor	Poor	Additional tasks needed to ensure safety added 3 months and a 30% increase in costs.
I-5 and SR 501 Paver	Vancouver	Good	Good	Completed on time and $26,720 under budget
US 12 Intersection Improvements	Tucker Road - Lewis County	Good	Good	Completed on time and less than 2% over its $503,000 budget.
Highway 512 Paving Contract	Puyallup	Good	Good	14 days ahead of schedule; $230,000 under budget
US 12 Bridge Column Protection	Black River Bridge- Gray's Harbor County	Good	Good	15 days ahead of schedule; The project came in $6,000 under the $103,000 budget.
SR 105 Bridge Deck Rehabilitation	Elk River - Bay City	Good	Good	9 days ahead of schedule; $84,000 under budget
I-405 HOV Lanes	Bothell to Swamp Creek	Good	Fair	WSDOT estimates the job will be finished 8 to 12 months early, and 5% over budget
SR 99 Interchange at SR 525	Snohomish County	Good	Fair	Opened 3 months ahead of schedule; $1.2 million over budget due to hazardous materials clean-up
SR 529 - Steamboat Slough Bridge	Everett	Good	Poor	The project was done on time, but WSDOT could not safely keep the bridge open while the mechanical parts were being repaired, so the bridge was closed, creating traffic tie ups.
I-5 Bridge Deck Rehabilitation	Ravenna Street - Seattle	Good	Good	Opened 3 days early and came in $22,390 under budget
SR 20 Bridge Replacement	Damnation Creek - East of Concrete	Good	Good	Project nearing completion. Pre-construction decisions resulted in an accelerated schedule, should allow the bridge to be completed in one construction season.
SR 285 Bridge Painting	Wenatchee River - Chelan County	Good	Good	Completed 4 weeks early and $18,000 under budget
SR 150 Safety Improvements	Boyd and Dietrich Roads - Chelan County	Good	Good	Opened 2 weeks early and $75,000 under budget
I-82 Striping	Yakima to Umatilla	Good	Good	Completed 27 days early and $35,443 under budget
I-90 Glare Screen	Snoqualmie Pass	Good	Fair	21 days early and $20,000 over budget
SR 27 and 272 Reconstruction	Palouse	Good	Good	On-time and 5% under budget
I-90 Interchange	Sprague Avenue - Spokane	Good	Good	Project was completed at least 30 days ahead of schedule and on-budget
US 395 Rumble Strips	North Spokane to Loon Lake	Good	Good	The project was on time and on budget at $80,700.

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2001 Project Highlights