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City of Kennewick's Columbia Center Boulevard

8-4-173(030)-1

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8-4-173(030)-1
Columbia Center Boulevard
Deschutes Ave Intersection

FY 2023 Urban Arterial Program
Current Phase : Construction
Total TIB Funding : $1,472,000

County: Benton | Legislative District: 8 | Project Length: 0.20 | TIB Engineer: Jonathan Heusman | Last Payment Date: 03/25/2024

Project Information

Lead Agency	KENNEWICK
Funding Year	2023
Program	UAP
Current Phase	Construction
Legislative District	8
Congressional District	4
Federal Route Number	3409
Project Length	0.20 mi.
ADT	29,404
Functional Class	Principal
Type of Work	Traffic Control
Project Contact	Heath Mellotte
Contact Email	heath.mellotte@ci.kennewick.wa.us
TIB Engineer	Jonathan Heusman
Last Payment Date	03/25/2024
Cultural Resource Assessment	Section 106

Project Schedule

	Target Date	Actual Date
Project Selection Date		11/19/2021
Delayed Project Date	01/01/2023
DAHP Assessment Date		07/14/2020
Predesign Approval
Design Approval	02/01/2022	02/02/2022
Bid Auth. Approval	06/01/2023	05/16/2023
Construction Approval	07/01/2023	06/08/2023
Project Closeout	07/01/2024
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Withdrawn Date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	0	0
Right of Way	0	0
Total Design	0	0

Construction Engineering	80,000	65,127
Construction Contract	1,200,000	2,052,540
Other Construction	0	278,000
Total Construction	1,280,000	2,395,667

Funding Increase	192,000
Total TIB Funding	1,472,000	2,395,667

Local Funding Partners

	Funding Amount	Percent
KENNEWICK	592,834	24.7%
WSDOT Funding	0	0.0%
Utility Reimbursed Costs	161,433	6.7%
Port of Kennewick Transportation Mitigation	169,400	7.1%






Total Local Funding	923,667	38.5%

Project Description

A right-turn lane for west to north-bound traffic at Columbia and Deshutes intersection. A roundabout is proposed for the Deschutes and Colorado intersection.

Existing Condition

Columbia Center Blvd. has the highest traffic volumes in the City of Kennewick. This corridor serves the existing Columbia Center Mall, Costco, Toyota Center and Three Rivers Convention Center. Expected traffic volumes are projected to increase on this corridor. Current configuration operates with east leg having a single left turn lane, and one shared through/ right-turn lane. West leg has a single left turn lane, one through-lane, and a single right-turn lane. South leg consists of three through-lanes SB, two NB through-lanes, a single left-turn and a single right-turn lane. North leg consists of two through-lanes both NB and SB, and one left-turn lane. The Columbia and Deshutes intersection has the 8th highest crash location, and is a projected 2040 bottleneck.

Project Benefits

In many ways this is the "downtown" of the Tri-Cities. The Tri-Cities area has experienced explosive growth over the past decade, Kennewick has grown by 15% since 2010, and forecasts for the future track that trend. Columbia Center Boulevard has the highest average daily traffic in the city of over 28,000 vehicles per day. This corridor has truck traffic over 9,000 trucks per day servicing the many distribution centers in the area. This is the heart of the major retail, financial, medical, entertainment, and public facilities center for the Tri-Cities. The project’s goal is to reduce traffic congestion, increase safety, as well as support commerce and expand economic growth and jobs in the area.

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Project Delays

Delay Type	Resolution Date	Comments
No delayed project history.