STP Proposal Descriptions

Pattison Street Facility Renovation and Expansion Project

Agency: Intercity Transit	Grant Request: $922,846
Match: $144,028	Total Cost: $1,066,874
Phase: Construction	Project Date: 2020
Location: Pattison Street, Olympia

Project Overview

Intercity Transit's Maintenance, Operations and Administrative (MOA) facility opened for service in 1985.  It was designed to support 80 vehicles and today supports the maintenance and operation of over 400. Space constraints necessitate the facility operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  IT operations, maintenance, administrative staff, as well as approximately 700 volunteer vanpool drivers, park, fuel and ready vehicles for service day and night in this far too constrained space. 

This project will renovate existing facilities and expand the operation enabling Intercity Transit to better support existing services as well as address the growing needs of our communities.  It will preserve our current investment in the Pattison Street MOA facility as well as enhance the safety and the efficiency of service delivery.

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Propane-Fueled Vans for Dial-A-Lift Service

Agency: Intercity Transit	Grant Request: $709,000
Match: $143,000	Total Cost: $852,000
Phase: Vehicle Purchase	Project Date: 2021-2023
Location: Dial-a-Lift Service Area

Project Overview

Dial-a-Lift (DAL) provides door-to-door transportation service for customers whose disabilities prevent them from using fixed-route service. DAL is a federally mandated (unfunded) requirement to provide ADA comparable paratransit service within a quarter mile of fixed-route service. The elimination, then severe reduction in federal funding has had a significant negative impact on our ability to fund replacement vehicles.

This project will replace 6 diesel-powered vehicles that are beyond their useful life with 6 propane-powered vehicles which will reduce PM10 emissions (diesel vs. propane) and result in a reduction of 1,285,134 pounds of carbon monoxide. Exceptional maintenance, conservative financial practices, and few grant options result in IT retaining DAL vehicles beyond their federal 7-year life-cycle and keeping them for no less than 10 years. IT provided 166,213 trips in 2016 and 170,714 in 2017. DAL has increased 21% over the last 10 years and is anticipated to grow even faster in the coming years based on age and population statistics. Funding these replacement vehicles will ensure we can continue services and do so while improving air quality in the region’s air quality maintenance area.

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College Street Corridor Improvements Phase 3

Agency: Lacey	Grant Request: $905,180
Match: $141,270	Total Cost: $1,046,450
Phase: Design and Engineering	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: College St SE from 18th Ave to Lacey Blvd

Project Overview

This project will complete the design to improve College Street from 18th Avenue SE to Lacey Boulevard SE per the College St Corridor Plan. This project is the third phase of a multi-phased project on the College Street corridor to enhance multi-modal access, reduce speed, provide enhanced pedestrian accessibility and improve overall safety.
College Street is the busiest corridor within the City of Lacey with many residential neighborhoods directly adjacent to the corridor. The corridor leads directly to commercial districts and activity centers. College Street also lacks access management that causes a significant amount of conflicts. This project will reduce the conflict points with a raised median, and slow down vehicular traffic with a roundabout, allowing pedestrians and bicyclists to safely utilize College Street to get to homes, businesses and schools.

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Fones Road Project

Agency: Olympia	Grant Request: $1,176,803
Match: $368,490	Total Cost: $1,361,700
Phase: Design and Engineering	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Fones Road, 18th Avenue to Pacific Avenue

Project Overview

Fones Road is a major north/south connection between downtown Olympia, the I-5 corridor, southeast Olympia and Lacey. The City of Olympia envisions a multi-modal corridor along Fones Road. A predesign study is under way to define the specific scope of improvement to this street. Improvements are needed to address:

• Vehicle capacity: the current level of service (LOS) E is unacceptable and is projected to be LOS F within the next six years.
• Truck access to industrial sites.
• Access management along the length of the corridor to reduce the potential for collisions.
• Safe and inviting bicycle facilities, to help people access the Olympia Woodland Trail at the north end of the corridor.
• Safe and inviting pedestrian facilities including sidewalks, pedestrian crossings, and landscaping along the street.

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Sussex Crossing Improvements II

Agency: Tenino	Grant Request: $60,009
Match: $9,366	Total Cost: $69,375
Phase: Design and Construction	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Sussex Ave and Hodgden

Project Overview

In Tenino, Sussex Avenue is the community's main street and doubles as State Route 507, a highway of statewide significance that is important for both vehicular travel and freight mobility through the region. However, there are issues with safety, mobility, and access for pedestrians crossing the highway. A similar 2016 STP Grant saw the installation of High Visibility Crossing devices at the busiest pedestrian intersection (Sussex and Custer), and on one-half of the corners at the second busiest intersection (Sussex and Ritter). With this grant cycle, we would like to protect all four corners of the third busiest intersection (Sussex and Hodgden.) "Busiest," as used here, means by pedestrians ... Both Custer and Ritter are used by elementary, junior, and high-school students, while Hodgden is used predominantly by customers of the Post Office, City Hall, the Fire District, and the commercial enterprises on both sides of Sussex Avenue, but also by students as well. The anticipated benefits of this proposal include: 1) increasing safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers alike, and 2) improving safety along State Route 507 where it functions as Tenino's Main Street.

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Yelm Highway and Meridian Intersection Project

Agency: Thurston County	Grant Request: $1,300,000
Match: $700,000	Total Cost: $2,000,000
Phase: Construction	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Yelm Hwy and Meridian Rd Intersection

Project Overview

This project is needed to improve the safety and mobility for the Yelm Hwy and Meridian Rd intersection.  This intersection has the 4th highest crash rate of all 712 public road intersections in Thurston County.  Over 30% of the collisions are injury collisions and 65% of them are angle collisions.  Current operations do not meet current rural adopted Level of Service requirements (part urban/rural intersection). This project will construct a single lane roundabout which is the preferred alternative. This project is also included in the Thurston County Traffic Impact Study as a capacity project.  Other project benefits include reduced speeds and access control near the intersection, improved pedestrian crossings and widened paved shoulders.

This request is for construction funds only.

* Note: This proposal was revised on 5/18/2018 to include information about roundabout construction in the project description.

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Thurston County Rural Mobility Strategy

Agency: Thurston County	Grant Request: $300,000
Match: $50,000	Total Cost: $350,000
Phase: Study	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Throughout Thurston County

Project Overview

Many of the arterials in Thurston County connecting urban areas to rural communities are congested today, and growth projections show congestion will increase in the future. There are limitations, however, to addressing the congestion through road widening, including funding, environmental concerns, and physical (right-of-way) limitations. Like their urban counterparts – Strategy Corridors – these critical corridors need strategies other than road widening to address congestion.This study will evaluate different strategies, and make recommendations for implementation.

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Case Road Fish Barrier Removal

Agency: Thurston County	Grant Request: $500,000
Match: $250,000	Total Cost: $750,000
Phase: Construction	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Case Road, milepost 4.91

Project Overview

This project will replace a culvert structure where a tributary of Beaver Creek crosses Case Road.  The existing culvert is a partial fish passage barrier, and is located approximately 250 feet downstream of another partial barrier crossing under Interstate 5.  The I-5 crossing is one of WSDOT's uncorrected barriers subject to injunction.  The County's Fish Passage Enhancement Program has ranked the Case Road culvert among the highest priority culverts in part due to the proximity to the WSDOT injunction culvert.

The removal of both the Case Road culvert (this project) and the WSDOT culvert will allow access to over half a mile of habitat. 
  
This request is for construction funds only.

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Yelm Hwy and Pacific Ave Pedestrian Improvements Phase 1

Agency: Thurston County	Grant Request: $475,000
Match: $100,000	Total Cost: $575,000
Phase: Design and Construction	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Yelm Hwy SE and Pacific Ave SE

Project Overview

This request is for the design and construction of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and crosswalk improvements for the Yelm Hwy (Rich Rd to Lacey City Limits) and Pacific Ave (City Limits to Steilacoom Rd) corridors.  Both corridors have high vehicle speeds and traffic volumes. Crosswalks only exist at signalized intersections within the corridor limits which creates long distances without marked crossings.  ADA facilities updates (e.g., curb ramps) will be also be included as part of the of this project.   It is not anticipated this project will complete all the ADA upgrades on both corridors but will provide design plans necessary to complete them later.  A study was recently completed to identify improvements within these corridors.  The study included stakeholder workshops, as well as public outreach.

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Rochester-Grand Mound Trail Feasibility Study

Agency: Thurston County	Grant Request: $150,000
Match: $25,000	Total Cost: $175,000
Phase: Study	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Grand Mound to Rochester Corridor

Project Overview

Nonmotorized transportation facilities and safe routes to school are sorely lacking in this rural County Corridor. Although school bus transportation service is provided, community members including the Thurston County Fire District #1 Fire Chief and PSAP Railroad operators have all expressed concerns over the risks that vehicular travel and trains poses to school children and other pedestrians and cyclists in the unincorporated communities of southwest Thurston County.

The Rochester-Grand Mound Trail was identified in the 2007 Regional Trails Plan as an important east-west non-motorized corridor that connects people from the Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation, and the communities of Rochester and Grand Mound. Expanding the trail corridor to these unserved communities will increase transportation and recreation opportunities for thousands of additional residents.
  
A feasibility study examining potential trail connections to these locations will lay the ground work for the future creation of the Rochester-Grand Mound Trail and is the next step outlined in the 2007 Regional Trails Plan.  The anticipated benefits of this proposal will identify future projects that will: 1) increase safety for cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers alike; and 2) provide a safe route to schools, increase recreational opportunities and provide for increasing physical activity.

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Martin Way Corridor Study - East

Agency: Thurston County and Intercity Transit	Grant Request: $193,250
Match: $30,160	Total Cost: $223,410
Phase: Study	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Martin Way Corridor between College and Marvin

Project Overview

Martin Way, from College Street to Marvin Road (4.1 miles), has been identified as both an urban corridor (land use designation) and strategy corridor (transportation designation) in regional and local plans. This former state highway serves as an alternative to I-5, has frequent transit service, and is a prime candidate for increasing land use intensity and walking and biking activity. This section of Martin Way carries between 17,000 to 31,000 daily vehicles, has bicycle lanes and sidewalks for the most part, but the multimodal infrastructure, such as safe opportunities to cross the roadway, is insufficient for an urban corridor. The Martin Way Corridor Study East will focus on this section of the corridor, and identify opportunities to increase multimodal mobility and safety. The project will be a collaborative project between Thurston County, Intercity Transit, the City of Lacey, and Thurston Regional Planning Council, with the City of Olympia and the Economic Development District as key partners. Note: If the Martin Way Corridor West project is also funded, the two projects will be conducted together.

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Martin Way Corridor Study – East

Agency: Lacey	Grant Request: $86,500
Match: $13,500	Total Cost: $100,000
Phase: Study	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Martin Way, from College Street to Marvin Road

Project Overview

Martin Way, from College Street to Marvin Road (4.1 miles), has been identified as both an urban corridor (land use designation) and strategy corridor (transportation designation) in regional and local plans. This former state highway serves as an alternative to I‐5, has frequent transit service, and is a prime candidate for increasing land use intensity and walking and biking activity. This section of Martin Way carries between 17,000 to 31,000 daily vehicles, has bicycle lanes and sidewalks for the most part, but the multimodal infrastructure, such as safe opportunities to cross the roadway, is insufficient for an urban corridor. The Martin Way Corridor Study East will focus on this section of the corridor, and identify opportunities to increase multimodal mobility and safety. The project will be a collaborative project between Thurston County, the City of Lacey, Intercity Transit, and Thurston Regional Planning Council, with the City of Olympia, and the Economic Development District as key partners. Note: If the Martin Way Corridor West project is also funded, the two projects will be conducted together.

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Martin Way Corridor Study – West

Agency: Olympia	Grant Request: $173,000
Match: $27,000	Total Cost: $200,000
Phase: Study	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Martin Way, from Pacific Avenue to College Street

Project Overview

Martin Way, from Pacific Avenue to College Street (3.2 miles), has been identified as both an urban corridor (land use designation) and strategy corridor (transportation designation) in regional and local plans. This former state highway serves as an alternative to I-5, has frequent transit service, and is a prime candidate for increasing land use intensity, and walking and biking activity. This section of Martin Way carries between 14,000 to 25,000 daily vehicles, and has bicycle lanes, but inconsistent pedestrian facilities. The Martin Way Corridor Study West will focus on this section of the corridor, and identify opportunities to increase multimodal mobility and safety. This is a collaborative project between the City of Olympia and Thurston Regional Planning Council, with Thurston County, the City of Lacey, Intercity Transit, and the Economic Development District as key partners. Note: If the Martin Way Corridor East project is also funded, the two projects will be conducted together.

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Thurston County Bicycle Map 7th Ed

Agency: TRPC	Grant Request: $38,925
Match: $6,075	Total Cost: $45,000
Phase: Program	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Countywide

Project Overview

This project will update the Thurston County Bicycle Map and offer both print and electronic versions to the public. The map is updated every two to three years to provide up-to-date information on new roads, bicycle facilities, trail segments, neighborhood connections, and the narrative sidebar information. Updating the map and distributing it in both print and electronic formats educates and reinforces safe bicycle behavior and promotes cycling as an effective means of transportation. In addition to showing bicycle routes to aid navigation, the map includes safety information, bicycle traffic laws, commuter tips, health messages, and information about bike clubs and shops. Since 1999, TRPC, Intercity Transit, Thurston County, the cities and other partners have collaborated, produced, and distributed five high quality editions of this map to people both within and outside of the Thurston County region free of charge. An update of the Bicycle Map is currently underway. This proposal is to update the subsequent edition (7th) of the Bicycle Map.

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Old Hwy 99 / 79th Ave Roundabout

Agency: Tumwater	Grant Request: $657,000
Match: $1,843,000	Total Cost: $2,500,000
Phase: Design and Right-of-Way	Project Date: 2020-2022
Location: Old Highway 99 and 79th Avenue intersection

Project Overview

Old Highway 99 is a Minor Arterial serving Principal Arterial function in terms of degree of mobility and is approaching the same in terms of traffic volume. As more jobs are created in Tumwater and residential development south of Henderson Blvd continues, the Old Highway 99 Corridor is becoming congested. At present, a single left turning vehicle can cause instantaneous backups exceeding 1/4 –mile during PM peak. 79th Avenue serves significant, and growing, residential and industrial uses and includes a skewed intersection connection to Old Highway 99. The City’s transportation plan identifies this intersection for needed improvements. This project includes preliminary engineering, design, right of way acquisition and construction of a one or two-lane roundabout as determined through modeling. It will, in short term, facilitate rectifying an intersection LOS deficiency (LOS F) for the minor approach and in long term serve as the launching point for future urbanized corridor improvements, to include provisions for non-motorized capacity and safety elements.

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Fort Stevens Elementary Pedestrian Improvements

Agency: City of Yelm	Grant Request: $133,320
Match: $20,807	Total Cost: $154,127
Phase: Construction	Project Date: 2020
Location: 100th Way and Grove Rd SE near Fort Stevens Elementary School

Project Overview

The project will improve safety for students and pedestrians along 100th Way SE and Grove Road SE near Fort Stevens Elementary School. The existing roadway offers no protection from vehicles passing by or turning movements. There is a gap in sidewalk on the north and south sides of 100th Way SE directly in front of the school and to the east and west respectively. This project will tie into existing sidewalk and provide ADA compliant walkways along the roadways to eliminate the gaps. 

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