MEMO TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
SUBJECT:
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Acceptance of a State Route (SR) 202 Washington State Transportation Improvement Board Grant, in the Amount of $2,000,000, for the SR 202 Improvements located at 70th Street and at 76th Street
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
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Accept $2,000,000 from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board for the SR 202 improvements located at 70th Street and at 76th Street.
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II. DEPARTMENT CONTACTS
Carol Helland, Interim Planning Director 425-556-2457
Donald Cairns, P.E., Manager 425-556-2834
Peter Dane, Senior Planner 425-556-2816
Planning and Community Development
III. DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND
Redmond is working to improve travel in a manner consistent with the City's long-range transportation plan - the Transportation Master Plan (TMP). This Plan identifies Redmond's vision for transportation both at a high level through guiding principles and at a more detailed level for vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles, and transit. The TMP also fulfills Washington State Growth Management Act requirements for a financially constrained project list in the Transportation Facilities Plan (TFP) chapter - identifying top priority projects the City intends to complete by 2030.
Two projects on SR 202 are currently being advanced to help fulfill the vision of the TMP:
1) 70th Street
a. Add a second northbound left turn lane on SR 202 at the intersection of 70th Street and SR 202.
2) 76th Street
a. Implement a second eastbound left turn lane on SR 202 at the intersection of 76th Street and SR 202. Enable the second left turn lane to operate by building a second eastbound lane on 76th Street from SR 202 to the signal at Target.
Please see Attachment A for a vicinity map.
Additional capacity with the first project, 70th Street, is being added to support access to Marymoor Village. New travel destinations will begin opening in the next few years including new dev...
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