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City of Port Townsend's Discovery Road

8-2-151(004)-1

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8-2-151(004)-1
Discovery Road
Rainier St to McClellan St

FY 2022 Urban Arterial Program
Current Phase : Construction
Total TIB Funding : $2,481,424

County: Jefferson | Legislative District: 24 | Project Length: 0.61 | TIB Engineer: Chris Langhoff | Last Payment Date: 04/25/2024

Project Information

Lead Agency	PORT TOWNSEND
Funding Year	2022
Program	UAP
Current Phase	Construction
Legislative District	24
Congressional District	6
Federal Route Number	7627
Project Length	0.61 mi.
ADT	5,172
Functional Class	Collector
Type of Work	Safety
Project Contact	Laura Parsons
Contact Email	lparsons@cityofpt.us
TIB Engineer	Chris Langhoff
Last Payment Date	04/25/2024
Cultural Resource Assessment	Section 106

Project Schedule

	Target Date	Actual Date
Project Selection Date		11/20/2020
Delayed Project Date	07/01/2025
DAHP Assessment Date		04/18/2023
Predesign Approval
Design Approval	02/01/2021	01/13/2021
Bid Auth. Approval	04/15/2023	04/18/2023
Construction Approval	07/15/2023	08/02/2023
Project Closeout	10/31/2024
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Withdrawn Date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	361,293	1,191,032
Right of Way	40,350	0
Total Design	401,643	1,191,032

Construction Engineering	220,790	591,488
Construction Contract	1,893,382	3,784,231
Other Construction	113,803	0
Total Construction	2,227,975	4,375,719

Funding Surplus	- 148,194
Total TIB Funding	2,481,424	5,566,751

Local Funding Partners

	Funding Amount	Percent
PORT TOWNSEND	5,263	0.1%
WSDOT Funding	1,442,083	27.7%
STP Regional Funds	621,515	11.2%
Port Townsend - streets fund	363,693	6.5%
Port Townsend - Stormwater funds	342,680	6.2%
Port Townsend - water/sewer utility funds	310,093	5.6%




Total Local Funding	3,085,327	57.3%

Project Description

The project limits are from TIB funded Rainier Street to McClellan Street, west of the new Salish Elementary School. This project reconstructs the roadway and adds curbs, enhanced crosswalks, stormwater drainage and treatment, lighting, and intersection improvements. On the north side of Discovery Road, the project will provide sidewalk and curb ramps. The south side will include pedestrian and bicycle facilities as funded in part by a 2019-21 Pedestrian & Bicycle Safety Program Grant. The City received a Ped/Bike Grant and WSDOT STP funds to construct a sidewalk and separated bike facility on the south side of Discovery Road to improve non-motorized safety, but these funds do not address the failing roadway. This UAP grant presents a unique and timely opportunity to use these secured funds as a match and leverage project investments to add much needed roadway improvements to create a complete street project. The full road buildout provides a complete street capable of handling the vehicle, non-motorize, transit, and freight needs of the corridor. Ped/bike safety in the corridor is vital given the Salish Coast Elementary School, school bus traffic, and children who walk and bike to school. The project completes a ped/bike gap between sidewalk/cycletrack facilities on Rainier Street to the west and on Discovery Road to the east at Salish Coast Elementary. Roadway reconstruction also allows minor roadway realignment to avoid new right of way.

Existing Condition

Discovery Road is structurally and functionally obsolete. As such, it is the City’s No. 1 TIP priority. As the primary arterial alternative to SR 20 for city access, it connects nearly every neighborhood and is the best route to several key destinations, including Fort Worden State Park, schools, golf course, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, police department, and YMCA. Traffic volumes increased 70% in the last 15 years and will continue to increase due to 1) the TIB-funded Rainier Street connection to SR 20, and 2) planned WSDOT improvements to the Mill Road Intersection. Discovery Road also serves commercial and high-density residential zoning areas. It is an old territorial roadway, approximately 20' wide with no shoulders. The roadway was not constructed with proper base and thin chip-seal surfacing is in poor condition. With no shoulders, there are frequent conflicts between vehicles and peds/bikes with no viable parallel routes for non-motorized use. The drainage infrastructure is insufficient to non-existent, which adds water to the subgrade and contributes to roadway failure.