SR 20 - Quiet Cove Road Vicinity to SR 20 Spur

Quarterly Project Report Update for Quarter Ending December 2003

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
 · Exploration plan for materials testing is being finalized.  Work on channelization is continuing.  Detention pond size has been determined.  We are now looking for places to locate the detention ponds.

Design Construction Impacts
· We are considering building a retaining wall to minimize impacts this project may have on property owners in large cut areas. · One vertical curve realignment may require controlled blasting and it could impact one residence.

Environmental Impacts / Compliance
We will try and avoid impacting possible wetland locations.  To mitigate impacted wetlands we will create new wetlands. We will adhere to permit 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 Sept 2004 Locating an adequate wetland mitigation site is critical to the schedule.
Begin Right-of-Way Acquisition Oct 2004 Changes to the schedule will occur if the environmental documentation does not stay on track.
Contract Advertisement Nov 2006
Begin Construction Spring 2007
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 $1.22 m
Right-of-Way $1.70 m
Construction $10.79 m
Funded Project Costs $13.71 m

Nickel funds included in above costs

$7.06 m

2005 Transportation Partnership Account

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

Randy Simonsen, WSDOT Project Engineer @ (425) 744-5102