We are developing a route development plan for SR 164, from Auburn to Enumclaw, which includes a list of recommended improvements that address safety and congestion issues along the corridor. Our study team is re-drafting the route development plan based on the SR 164 Corridor Working Group for comments. WSDOT will then review and approve the draft plan by the end of this year when we expect to release the final SR 164 route development plan.
Below are links to the SR 164 recommended improvements lists. The lists are in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (.pdf). You can download a free copy of Adobe Reader at the Adobe Web site.
Recommended Improvements
Auburn Segment:
SR 18 interchange to Noble Court SE (pdf 58kb)
Academy Segment:
Noble Court SE to Just east of SE 368th Place (pdf 58kb)
Muckleshoot Segment:
Just east of SE 368th Place to 180th Avenue SE (pdf 58kb)
Rural / Agricultural Segment:
180th Avenue SE to 228th Avenue SE (pdf 55kb)
Enumclaw Segment:
228th Avenue SE to SR 164 / SR 410 intersection (pdf 57kb)
How did we create this list of projects?
We based the recommended locations and projects on feedback from local residents and recommendations, ideas and technical analysis from the SR 164 corridor study team and WSDOT.
For the technical analysis, we relied on traffic, collision, and environmental information. We also factored into our analysis estimated future population, jobs, and travel growth along the corridor.
What is next for the SR 164 recommended projects and how much will the improvements cost?
Under the current highway improvement budget, we would be able to build very few if any of the identified projects in the foreseeable future.
Many of the improvements recommended in the SR 164 route development plan project list have not been considered in sufficient detail to allow for development of a usable cost estimate. Even before accounting for inflation, the total cost of the projects (if they were built today) would be well in excess of $200 million dollars.