Light rail and SR-99 viaduct EIS complete final reports

The extension of light rail coming to Mercer Island, Bellevue and Redmond, and replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct along the coast of Seattle, also known as Highway 99, have reached a major milestone with the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (DIA for submission each.

The Final EIS for the Management of transit documents how the East Link project to connect the largest population of the region and the workplace with frequent public transport service, reliable, and the project impacts and required mitigation. The publication of the positions of the Council of Sound Transit to select a route linking East and stations on or after July 28.

After the route and stations are selected and Sound Transit receives approval from the Federal Transit Administration through a Record of Decision, the project will enter the final design. Sound Transit is expected to begin construction of the East Link in 2015 or 2016 and implement passenger service in 2022 or 2023.

By 2030 the East Link project is expected to move up to 50,000 passengers each weekday.

When completed, the East Link will provide new transportation capacity in the corridor of I-90. Increased duration and frequency of trains over time provide the ability to carry 9,000 to 12,000 people per hour in each direction, which would more than double the carrying capacity of person of I-90 and is approximately equivalent to seven to 10 lanes of highway traffic.

The final EIS reflects the public transportation program sound extension. In the last five years, Sound Transit held 28 workshops, open houses and hearings, and attended 249 meetings with local groups, landowners and residents. Sound Transit revised 1887 observations during formal environmental review process.

After crossing Lake Washington and Mercer Island in the center lanes of I-90, the preferred alternative moves north along Route 112 and Avenue Bellevue. In downtown Bellevue, the Board determined that two preferred alternatives: a surface alignment which is consistent with the voters approved financing in November 2008 and advocated a tunnel through the city of Bellevue. The preferred alternative of the tunnel above the financing plan for the East Link for about $ 310 million (in current dollars, so the city of Bellevue has to help in funding this alternative to be selected.

The document is available in public libraries or online at www.soundtransit.corg.

In a press release issued the same day as Sound Transit, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA, Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT and the city of Seattle has announced the launch of the final environmental impact statement of the State Route 99 Viaduct Alaskan Way replacement project (EIS.

The document Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement SR-99 final EIS is the culmination of 10 years of technical analysis, and the public agency, and review the tribes.

"The final EIS represents many hours of debate, city councils, public broadcasting and the technical review," said Gov. Chris Gregoire. "Completing this review process was not a race, but was a marathon."

The final EIS examines the potential environmental effects of the viaduct replacement alternatives, including a tunnel drilled, and is based on project analysis in the EIS 2004, EIS 2006 supplemental draft EIS and the 2010 supplemental draft. The paper compares the effects of three alternative construction (tunnel boring, untrue and cover tunnel and elevated structure and explains why a drilled tunnel is the preferred alternative.

To view the report, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov / projects / viaduct .

Mercer Island Reporter Staff Reporter can be reached at editor@mi-reporter.com.

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