FINAL BILL REPORT

ESSB 6665

 

C 148 L 02

Synopsis as Enacted

 

Brief Description:  Establishing cost‑benefit criteria for SR 167.

 

Sponsors:  Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Johnson and Keiser).

 

Senate Committee on Transportation

House Committee on Transportation

 

Background:  The Department of Transportation is currently in the process of developing environmental impact statements for the SR 167/SR 405 intersection, the Port of Tacoma terminus, and the SR 167 extension to SR 509.  The department has not studied the entire corridor between these points.

 

Summary:  The Department of Transportation must plan and design an improved and expanded corridor from its intersection with State Route 405 in the north to a new terminus at the Port of Tacoma via proposed State Route 509 in the south.  At a minimum, the environmental permit processes must be conducted in accordance with RCW 47.06 (SB 6188) and may include watershed based mitigation.  The planning must be undertaken in preparation for the ultimate project to be designed and constructed using the design-build processes established under RCW 47.20.780 and 47.20.785 (HB 1680).  The cost-benefit analysis process developed in HB 2304 may be used.  No work associated with SR 167 which has been completed or is ongoing shall be delayed, restricted, or limited by this bill.

 

Votes on Final Passage:

 

Senate490

House930

 

Effective:  June 13, 2002