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Project Title & Location
SR 20 Fredonia to I-5 Located on SR 20 in Skagit County near Burlington.
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Project Description
This project will improve approximately 5 miles of State Route 20 in Skagit County, from the intersection of SR 536 (Fredonia) to Interstate 5 (Burlington). This portion of SR 20 is currently a two-lane undivided highway, which this project would upgrade to a four-lane divided highway. In addition, realignment of the southbound I-5 ramps and modifications to the northbound ramps will improve movement at the SR 20/I-5 interchange.
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Contractor/Consultant
Project not yet advertised or awarded.
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Recent Progress
· SR 20 Fredonia to Pulver Road - access hearing plan at Headquarters for review and access hearing report distributed for local agency review.
· SR 5 SR 20 Interchange Vicinity - access hearing plan at Region for review and access hearing report in Headquarters for review.
· Started 19 parcel acquisitions where complete parcel take are needed.
· Noise study, Hazardous Materials study, Biological Assessment, and supplemental traffic study complete.
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Design Construction Impacts
· Purchase of residential, farm, and commercial property.
· Changing access rights and traffic movements to residential, farm, and commercial property.
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Environmental Impacts / Compliance
· Updating discipline studies.
·Determined that project has 7.79 acres of wetland impact. Will require 15.58 acres of wetland mitigation. Pursuing wetland banking to mitigate for wetland impacts.
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Impacts to Traffic
· Moderate impacts to daily traffic due to normal construction activities (trucks entering and exiting the roadway etc.). · Significant short-term impacts will occur during new roadway and ramp connections.
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