RAMP Submits FY 2007-2008 Federal Requests

Submitted by Paul Ellis

RAMP has compiled a consensus list of federal transportation projects for appropriation in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 and 2008 budgets now being finalized by Congress. The list has been submitted to Pierce County's Congressional delegation, headed by Congressman Norm Dicks and Senator Patty Murray.

Here's the list:

FY 2007 Transportation Appropriations
RAMP seeks restoration of the following earmarked appropriations:

• SR-704 (Cross-Base Highway)
  $1.0M to fence or complete acquisition of ROW
• FAST Corridor Improvements
  $1.0M for Shaw Rd. extension
  $1.5M for Lincoln Ave. overpass
• Peninsula Park & Ride
  $1.0M for construction of a new Pierce Transit facility to support additional service across the Tacoma Narrows
• University Place Town Center
  $2.0 million for completion of the Intermodal Transit Center

FY 2008 Transportation Appropriations
RAMP requests that the following projects be slated for appropriation:

• SR-704 (Cross-Base Highway)
  $5.0M to construct from Spanaway Loop Rd. to SR-7
• FAST Corridor Improvements
  $3.5M for Shaw Rd. extension
  $4.9M for Lincoln Ave. overpass
• Port of Tacoma Rd.
  $5.0M for interchange improvements at junction at I-5
• Peninsula Park & Ride
  $2.0M for construction of a new Pierce Transit facility to support additional service across the Tacoma Narrows
• Alternate Access to Tacoma Dome Station
  $1.5M for feasibility analysis for constructing slip ramps connecting ‘D’ St. with SR-509

Paul Ellis is lead staff for RAMP; an employee of the Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, Ellis led the Pierce County Transportation Advisory Committee (PCTAC), the community's largest transportation planning effort.