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Project Title & Location
SR 167 Extension Stage 1 (SR 509 to I-5), Tacoma/Fife
SR 167/I-5 to SR 161 Stage 2, Fife/Puyallup
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Project Description
Funds preliminary design engineering and selective right-of-way purchases on a project that will ultimately build a new four-lane freeway from the Port of Tacoma to I-5 and six lanes from I-5 to SR 161 in Puyallup. The latter section includes two general-purpose lanes and one HOV lane in each direction.
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Contractor/Consultant
Project not yet advertised or awarded.
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Recent Progress
The Regional Transportation Investment District Planning Committee recently approved a plan for major highway and bridge improvements in Pierce, King and Snohomish counties. The RTID plan, scheduled to go before Puget Sound voters in November, includes an estimated $1.58 billion for the SR 167 Extension.
The Federal Highway Administration issued the Tier II Final Environmental Impact Statement in early December 2006.
The project team continues to advance design and purchase select property along the corridor.
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Design Construction Impacts
Detailed construction impacts will be analyzed later in the design process.
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Environmental Impacts / Compliance
The Tier II Final Environmental Impact Statement includes plans to minimize or mitigate environmental impacts within the corridor’s footprint. Preliminary project engineering includes innovative environmental designs to manage stormwater, help protect area waters from pollution and improve stream habitat. The Endangered Species Act consultation was initiated by FHWA on Sept. 30, 2005.
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Impacts to Traffic
When done, this project will complete the regional highway plan by providing a freeway connection between I-5 in Fife and the existing SR 167 freeway terminus in Puyallup.
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