SR 167 - Valley Freeway Corridor Plan

Quarterly Project Report Update for Quarter Ending March 2004

Project Title & Location
SR 167 Valley Freeway Corridor Improvements

Project Description
The overall project will widen SR 167 between S. 180th Street and SR 18. The project will add one general purpose lane in each direction from S. 180th St. to the the vicinity of King/Pierce County line. The project is currently funded to complete the environmental review.

Contractor/Consultant
Parsons - Consultant

Recent Progress

Recently completed CEVP considering three scenarios: 1 lane in each direction with minimal interchange improvements, bottleneck projects and HOV lane completion.

$750,000 was advanced in the supplemental budget to begin work on the EIS.  EIS  is funded in the Nickel Package in 05-07.

WSDOT staff  identified potential increase of  wetland buffer regulations proposed by DOE, the Army Corp of Engineers and growth management regulations.  WSDOT staff has been working with local jurisdictions to update waterland information.  We uncovered that King County wetland data is nearly 20 years old.

Design Construction Impacts
NA

Environmental Impacts / Compliance

Potential significant impacts to wetlands

Impacts to Traffic
NA

Project Milestones Scheduled Attained Milestone Outlook
Advancement of $750,000 in supplement budget Currently Available Advance work plan, produce Route Development Plan, scoping,  traffic analaysis and additional information on potental wetland mitigation.
Full Nickel Funding Available($9.6M) 7/05
Project Completion 7/07
Project Cost Summary: Dollars in
millions 		Percent
of Total

Planned vs. Actual Expenditures
(Total Project Cost)
Project Expenditure Chart

Preliminary Engineering
Right-of-Way
Construction
Funded Project Costs

Nickel funds included in above costs

2005 Transportation Partnership Account

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