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| Region: Northwest | Legislative District: 40 | Length: 0.10 mi. | FY 2023 Urban Arterial Program (UAP) |
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Existing ConditionsThe stop controlled intersection at Lincoln/E. Maple has been documented as degrading to vehicular LOS F in three recent independent TIAs for private residential development, as well as the 2020-2021 Lincoln-Lakeway Multimodal Transportation Study conducted by City, WSDOT, WTA, and WCOG (see attachments). Several hundred student apartments and significant commercial development has been approved or is under construction along both sides of Lincoln Street and the intersection at E. Maple. The Lincoln/E. Maple intersection abuts the WWU Lincoln Creek Park-N-Ride and WTA high-frequency transit service carries students - all of whom possess WTA bus passes - to the WWU campus, but there are no protected crossings of Lincoln Street between Samish/I-5 and the Fred Meyer HAWK signal - a distance of 4,560 feet (.86 mile), over 3/4-mile. North of E. Maple, Commercial and residential development projects are in the permitting stages for the vacant land on the west side of Lincoln Street and the City's largest senior mobile home park (201 units) is on the east side of Lincoln Street. |
Project Funding
| TIB Funds | Local Funds | Total Costs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design | 22,154 | 7,846 | 30,000 |
| Right of Way | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Construction | 457,846 | 162,154 | 620,000 |
| Project Totals | $480,000 | $170,000 | $650,000 |
Local Match
| TIB Participation | Local Match | Minimum Local Match |
|---|---|---|
| 73.8% | 26.2% | 20% |
Summary of Improvements
- A full traffic signal at Lincoln/E. Maple would improve intersection operations from vehicular LOS F to LOS C and would break the .86-mile corridor in half to provide a protected crossing of busy Lincoln Street for pedestrians, bicyclists, students, and senior citizens traveling between homes, businesses, and the WWU Park-N-Ride with WTA high-frequency transit service.
Description of Improvements
A full traffic signal is planned and adopted as part of a larger project in Bellingham's 2022-2027 TIP. Three individual developers of major student housing residential projects have been required to provide proportionate share SEPA mitigation funding (totaling $10,000) toward the cost of the Lincoln/E. Maple traffic signal, in addition to the Transportation Impact Fees required for their projects.