WSDOT - I-5 HOV Improvements - March 2005 Quarterly Project Report

I-5 - Port of Tacoma Road Interchange to King County Line - HOV Lanes
*Quarterly Project Report Update for Quarter Ending March 2005*

Project Title & Location I-5 HOV - Port of Tacoma to King County Line	Project Description This project builds HOV lanes on I-5 from the Port of Tacoma Road to the Pierce/King County line. There are currently eight lanes of traffic and there will be 10 lanes when the project is complete.
Contractor/Consultant Project not yet advertised or awarded
Recent Progress Recent progress includes acquisition of the needed property for the wetland mitigation site for this project. Also, the region is working towards acquiring the needed right-of-way for stormwater treatment facilities by this summer. This would complete all acquisitions needed for this project. Other recent accomplishments include completion of the 90 percent bridge plans and provisions. Currently the hydraulic plans and provisions are scheduled to be completed this spring.
Design Construction Impacts No issues at this time.
Environmental Impacts / Compliance The Final Hydraulics Report has been approved by Headquarters. Completion of this report has allowed the right-of-way acquisitions for stormwater facilities to proceed.	Impacts to Traffic Temporary impacts during construction could include narrow lanes along with nighttime lane closures and minor detours at the 54th Avenue Interchange.

Project Milestones	Scheduled	Attained	Milestone Outlook
Hydraulic and Stormwater Redesign	August 2004	October 2004	The stormwater and hydraulic redesign are complete.
Environmental Documentation Complete	October 2006		Environmental documentation is currently scheduled to begin in January 2005.
Right-of-Way acquisition complete	June 2005		Work to acquire the needed right-of-way for the stormwater treatment facilities is scheduled to be completed this summer.
Advertisement Date	January 2009		No issues at this time.
Open to traffic	October 2011		No issues at this time.

Project Cost Summary:	Dollars in millions	Percent of Total	Planned vs. Actual Expenditures (Total Project Cost)
Preliminary Engineering	$ 4.4	11.6%
Right-of-Way	$ 6.6	17.4%
Construction	$27.0	71.0%
Funded Project Costs	$38.0	100.0%

Nickel funds included in above costs	$33.6	88.4%
2005 Transportation Partnership Account

For more information, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects

Steve Fuchs, Project Engineer, (360) 570-6602, fuchss@wsdot.wa.gov