The community needs this project to support economic growth, relieve congestion, and improve safety. Costco Wholesale Corporation is headquartered in Issaquah and their campus is growing. The City of Issaquah and Costco have a development agreement to expand their corporate campus by up to 1,500,000 square feet. The development agreement identified three transportation projects that were needed to support the development and this project is the third and final transportation project. The City’s comprehensive plan has determined future growth will be within the Central Issaquah Area. This project is in Central Issaquah and is needed to relieve existing and future congestion from Costco’s expansion and redevelopment of Central Issaquah. The project is needed to improve safety at this high accident location. The 95th% queue exceeds storage capacity, causing frequent rear end collisions and collisions at the PCC driveway. Collisions are also occurring during the permissive portion of the left turn phase from westbound 12th to southbound SR 900.
Projects — TIB Project Information
TIB Project Information
City of Issaquah's 12th Avenue NW
8-1-108(012)-1
8-1-108(012)-1
12th Avenue NW
SR 900 to Lake Dr
FY 2023 Urban Arterial Program
Current Phase : Construction
Total TIB Funding : $3,000,000
County: King | Legislative District: 5 | Project Length: 0.22 | TIB Engineer: Greg Armstrong | Last Payment Date: 08/02/2024
Project Information
Lead Agency | ISSAQUAH |
Funding Year | 2023 |
Program | UAP |
Current Phase | Construction |
Legislative District | 5 |
Congressional District | 8 |
Federal Route Number | 1321 |
Project Length | 0.22 mi. |
ADT | 5,600 |
Functional Class | Collector |
Type of Work | Minor Widening |
Project Contact | Jim Jacobe |
Contact Email | jamesj@issaquahwa.gov |
TIB Engineer | Greg Armstrong |
Last Payment Date | 08/02/2024 |
Cultural Resource Assessment | Not Required |
Project Schedule
Target Date | Actual Date | |
---|---|---|
Project Selection Date | 11/19/2021 | |
Delayed Project Date | 01/01/2023 | |
DAHP Assessment Date | ||
Predesign Approval | ||
Design Approval | 02/10/2022 | 02/10/2022 |
Bid Auth. Approval | 01/10/2023 | 01/04/2023 |
Construction Approval | 02/06/2023 | 02/13/2023 |
Project Closeout | 01/31/2025 | |
Audit Date | ||
Withdrawn Date |
Project Funding
TIB Funds | Project Costs | |
---|---|---|
Environmental Study | 0 | 0 |
Design Study | 0 | 0 |
Total Predesign | 0 | 0 |
Special Study | 0 | 0 |
Design | 0 | 0 |
Right of Way | 0 | 0 |
Total Design | 0 | 0 |
Construction Engineering | 336,711 | 1,171,034 |
Construction Contract | 2,650,360 | 4,561,291 |
Other Construction | 12,929 | 172,534 |
Total Construction | 3,000,000 | 5,904,859 |
Total TIB Funding | 3,000,000 | 5,904,859 |
Local Funding Partners
Funding Amount | Percent | |
---|---|---|
ISSAQUAH | 0 | 0.0% |
WSDOT Funding | 0 | 0.0% |
Costco | 2,904,859 | 49.2% |
Total Local Funding | 2,904,859 | 49.2% |
Project Description
This project will construct an additional left turn lane from westbound 12th Avenue to southbound SR 900 and an exclusive right turn lane from northbound SR 900 to eastbound 12th Avenue. The added turning capacity will reduce congestion by decreasing delay and queue lengths. The reduced queue lengths as a result of this project will help minimizing frequent rear end collisions for northbound and westbound traffic and collisions at the PCC driveway, due to left turning queue that extends past several commercial driveways. The project will eliminate the permissive portion of the left turn phase from westbound 12th Ave to southbound SR 900, which is another frequent collision at this intersection.
Existing Condition
Project Benefits
- The project will improve both internal and regional traffic circulation by increasing capacity at a congested intersection while improving safety. It enables a Fortune 500 company, Costco Wholesale, to stay in Washington and expand by 1.5 million square feet of corporate office with 250,000 square feet of retail space. The expansion is expected to generate approximately 5,000 new jobs.
Project Delays
Delay Type | Resolution Date | Comments |
---|---|---|
No delayed project history. |