SR 20 - Quiet Cove Road Vicinity to SR 20 Spur

Quarterly Project Report Update for Quarter Ending December 2004

Project Title & Location

Quiet Cove Road Vicinity to SR 20 Spur Vicinity.

SR 20 in rural Skagit County near Lake Campbell.

Project Description
This project will construct safety improvements along SR 20 by grading and widening. Left turn lanes will be constructed at Lunz/Deception Road. A new bridge will be constructed over Meadow Creek to accommodate the left turn lanes and provide fish passage.

Contractor/Consultant
Project not yet advertised or awarded

Recent Progress

 · First draft of  Record of Survey is complete.
 · Information for Shoreline Permit submitted to Environmental Permit Coordinator.
 · Field review for Talent Decision determination completed. 
 · Made final comments on Preliminary Bridge Plan.

Design Construction Impacts

Retaining walls will be constructed to minimize impacts to forested wetlands and to mitigate unstable slopes.  Construction of a  temporaty alignment will be needed to accomodate bridge construction.

A Cost Risk Assessment (CRA) workshop preformed in April 2004 and subsequent in depth reviews of the results have identified a new total project cost of $18.3 million, an increase of $3.8 million.  The project team is proposing to stage the project to offset the budget shortfall.  Under this proposal, design and right of way acquisition for the entire project and construction of Stage 1, defined as the 1.42 mile section from the Quiet Cove vicintiy to the North Campbell Lake Road vicinity, would be funded with the original legislative allocation.  Construction of stage 2, defined as the 1.8 mile section from the North Campbell Lake Road vicinity to the junction of the SR 20 Spur, is not funded.

Environmental Impacts / Compliance
Weltand impacts have been minimzed.  New wetlands will be built to mitigate for wetland impacts.  We will adhere to permit requirements.

Impacts to Traffic
Significant impacts will occur when construction takes place in the summer of 2007 and 2008 · There will be a public information campaign to alert the public to future traffic impacts.

Project Milestones Scheduled Attained Milestone Outlook
Environmental Documentation Complete Jan 2005 Work on the Wetland/Biology Report and the Cultural Resource Survey is in progress.
Right of Way Certfied Oct 2006  
Contract Advertisement Nov 2006
Open to Traffic Fall 2008
   
Project Cost Summary: Dollars in
millions
Percent
of Total

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

Preliminary Engineering $2.16 m 14.9%
Right-of-Way $3.02 m 20.9%
Construction $9.28 m 64.2%
Funded Project Costs $14.46 m 100%

Nickel funds included in above costs

$7.06 m 48.8%

2005 Transportation Partnership Account

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

Dawn Yankauskas, WSDOT Project Engineer @ (425) 744-5103; or Yankadr@wsdot.wa.gov