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State Transportation Commission
Meets in Olympia,
July 17 and 18
Posted
7.12.07
Transportation Commission
Office - PO Box 47308 -
Olympia, WA 98504-7308
360-705-7070
Date: July
12, 2007
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Reema Griffith,
Transportation Commission
Executive Director,
360-705-7070
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OLYMPIA -- Tribal consultation,
tolling, naming of transportation
facilities, and the latest
performance measures report
for the Washington State
Department of Transportation
(WSDOT) will be discussed
by the Washington State
Transportation Commission
when it meets next week
in Olympia. The Commission’s
monthly meeting starts
at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July
17, and reconvenes at 9
a.m. on Wednesday, July
18. The meeting will be
held at the Transportation
Building, Commission Board
Room, 310 Maple Park Avenue
SE, Olympia, and is open
to the public.
On Tuesday, WSDOT staff will
present to the Commission a new
model for the state’s tribal
consultation process. These process
guidelines will come into play
when federally-funded transportation
projects go through environmental
review as part of the National
Environmental Policy Act requirements.
WSDOT Tribal Liaisons worked
with project teams and 27 of
the 29 federally recognized tribes
in Washington to develop this
process. WSDOT plans to make
the model available this summer
and begin staff training this
fall.
The Transportation Commission
will be briefed on current public/private
partnership activities and projects
at WSDOT. This segment will include
a discussion of Phase Two of
the Transportation
Commission's Statewide Tolling
Study. This second phase
of the study was funded during
the last legislative session,
and is intended to apply the
policies outlined in the initial
study to the statewide highway
system.
The late Senator Bob Oke, who
represented the 26th District
and was a strong supporter of
the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge
project, will be formally honored
by the Transportation Commission
on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday,
Commissioners will formalize
their naming policy for transportation
facilities. Following, the Commission
will consider two facility naming
proposals: A portion of State
Route (SR) 113 in Clallam County
as the “Korean War Veteran’s
Blue Star Memorial Highway”;
and the Clinton Ferry Terminal
as the “Jack Metcalf Ferry
Terminal.” The Korean War
Veteran’s highway naming
is being proposed at the request
of the Legislature (House Joint
Memorial 4017). The Clinton Ferry
Terminal naming was requested
by several members of the Legislature,
including transportation leaders.
Wednesday’s meeting will
open with the last Secretary’s
Report delivered by retiring
Transportation Secretary Doug
MacDonald, who will leave WSDOT
at the end of this month. WSDOT
staff will then present the March
31 quarterly performance report,
known as the Gray
Notebook. This edition includes
annual performance reports for
aviation, highway maintenance,
and freight. In addition, the
Gray Notebook provides quarterly
reports on project delivery,
worker safety, workforce levels
and training, highway safety,
incident response, travel information,
rail, and ferries.
On Wednesday afternoon, the Commission
will hold a workshop to begin
the process of setting toll rates
in conjunction with the SR
167 HOT Lane Toll project.
The SR 167 HOT lane project is
a four-year pilot project that
will convert nine miles of high-occupancy
vehicle (HOV) lanes to high-occupancy
toll (HOT) lanes on SR 167 between
Renton and Auburn.
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