Project Title & Location
SR 3 - Belfair Bypass - New Alignment

Project Description
The proposed Belfair Bypass solves both the immediate and long-range transportation safety and mobility needs of the SR 3 corridor in northeast Mason County.

Contractor/Consultant
Skillings-Connolly, Inc. Consulting Engineers

Recent Progress

The project office had an open-house on January 9^th to present the revised bypass alignment and connection alternatives. Information gathered from survey and comment forms from the open-house is being compiled to quantify trends or preferences for alternatives. This information is being applied to the decision matrix along with other selection criteria such as environmental and social impacts, cost, operational considerations and future expansion or staging to compare the connection alternatives. Presentations to other local groups and neighborhood associations are on-going.

An alternative selection is targeted for spring/summer 2007. Development of the detailed project schedule is under way. Cost estimates for each of the alternative combinations has been developed and relayed to WSDOT managers and elected officials.

Design Construction Impacts
N/A

Environmental Impacts / Compliance
Will be evaluated and determined as a result of environmental studies and preliminary design.

Impacts to Traffic
This project, which constructs a new corridor, will bisect the Alta-Vista neighborhood. A system of frontage roads will be required to provide access. It is Mason County and WSDOT's goal to complete this new road before sewer and widening work in the Belfair Urban area begins.

Planned vs. Actual Expenditures
(Total Project Cost)

Nickel funds included in above costs

2005 Transportation Partnership Account