Friday, September 2, 2016

SRTC Proposes $563 Million in Local Transportation Projects and Programs for 2017 to 2020

We need your input. We've just finished the annual update of the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) and are asking members of the public to look it over and give us some feedback on the projects included in it. We're also holding an open house so you can do this face to face with us.

The TIP lists transportation projects and programs that jurisdictions within Spokane County plan to build or implement during the upcoming four years. All projects receiving federal funds are required to be included in the TIP. It is updated with new projects annually and includes project names and descriptions, jurisdictions sponsoring them, funding attached to each project, and where the funding came from (local, state or federal). The 2017-2020 TIP contains:
  • ·         One hundred and twenty projects, with 24 projects new to the TIP this year (a table of the new projects is below);
  •       A total of $563.4 million in local transportation investments to be spent between 2017 and 2020.

Projects in the TIP vary from those that maintain and preserve roads to construction of new facilities like the North Spokane Corridor and projects that encourage economic development. There is also bridge replacement projects, public transit improvements and new bicycle and pedestrian facilities included in the document.

The 2017-2020 TIP can be viewed at http://www.srtc.org/tip.html. There is also an interactive map at that page that shows how the projects are distributed throughout Spokane County.

A public comment period on the TIP runs through Sunday, October 2, 2016. Comments can be emailed to contact.srtc@srtc.org, mailed to SRTC at the address below, or phoned in to (509) 343-6370.

For those who would like to review the TIP in person and ask questions of staff from SRTC, Spokane Transit and the Washington State Department of Transportation, a public open house is scheduled for Tuesday, September 20 from 4-6 p.m. at SRTC, 421 W. Riverside Ave., Suite 500, Spokane, WA 99201. 



Table 2. New Projects in the 2017-2020 TIP
Agency
Project Name
TIP ID
Page
Spokane
Sprague Ave at Sherman St. Pedestrian Plaza
SP051
X
Spokane County
Harvard Road
CO043
X
Spokane County
Bigelow Gulch/Forker Road Connector Project #6
CO044
X
WSDOT
Eastern Region BST Rumble Strips E - Install Rumble Strip
WS099
X
WSDOT
Eastern Region Guardrail Installation and Retrofit 2021-23
WS100
X
WSDOT
Eastern Region Safety Improvements - Install Rumble Strip
WS101
X
WSDOT
I-90/Geiger I/C to Latah Creek - Illumination Rebuild
WS102
X
WSDOT
I-90/Lincoln Co Line to Geiger Rd - Roadside Safety Improvements
WS103
X
WSDOT
US 2/Fairchild AFB - Signal Replacement
WS104
X
WSDOT
US 2/Garfield Rd - Signal Rehabilitation
WS105
X
WSDOT
US 2/Lawson Rd - Signal Rehabilitation
WS106
X
WSDOT
US 395/NSC Columbia to Freya
WS107
X
WSDOT
US 395/NSC Spokane River Crossing
WS109
X
WSDOT
US 395/NSC Spokane River to Wellesley
WS110
X
WSDOT
US 395/NSC Sprague Ave to Spokane River
WS111
X
WSDOT
US 395/NSC Wellesley to Columbia
WS112
X
WSDOT
2021-23 ER Region Wide Basic Safety - Signing
WS113
X
WSDOT
2021-23 ER Region Wide Safety - Guardrail
WS114
X
WSDOT
I-90/Barker Rd Intersection Improvements
WS115
X
WSDOT
I-90/ER Illumination Rehab Phase 2 - Retrofit Luminaires
WS116
X
WSDOT
US 2/ER Illumination Rehab Phase 2 - Retrofit Luminaires
WS117
X
WSDOT
US 395/Deer Park Corridor Safety Improvements
WS118
X
WSDOT
US 395/Illumination Rehab Phase 2 - Retrofit Luminaires
WS119
X
WSDOT
US 2/N Fork Deep Creek Bridge - Replace Rail
WS120
X

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SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.