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CarGuru > Driving > Washington approves 9.5 cent gas tax hike 27 April 2005 01:40:43
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Washington approves 9.5 cent gas tax hike

Robert Cruickshank 26 April 2005 08:55:05
 Yesterday the 2005 session of the Washington State Legislature ended,
and lawmakers approved a major transportation bill that will increase
state gas taxes by 9.5 cents a gallon - which will be implemented in
increments over 3 years.

The tax hike is part of an overall $8.5 billion budget for
transportation in Washington that was approved. This includes $2 billion
for a fix to the Alaskan Way Viaduct, $972 million for the I-405
widening project, $500 million for the 520 bridge replacement, $411
million for public transportation, $387 million for rail projects - not
sure if this includes Sound Transit and Amtrak Cascades, though I assume
it does, $341 million for bridge replacements, and $185 million for the
Washington State Ferries.

http://seattlepi.nw­source.com/transport­ation/221505_oly25.h­tml

According to the Seattle Times, some of the projects this funding will
go towards include "freeway expansion" along I-5 between US-12 and
Centralia. I assume this means adding a third lane in each direction.
It's good to see that the state is slowly working on making I-5 three
lanes in each direction from Olympia to Vancouver.

$435 million will go towards rebuilding and widening I-90 between Hyak
and Easton, in Kittitas County (east of Snoqualmie Pass). This might
potentially impact some '40s-era tunnels that US-10 used to be routed
through that now carry westbound I-90 traffic.

$50 million will be used in a joint effort with Oregon to redesign the
Interstate Bridges, as part of a long-term goal of replacing the aging,
congested spans.

$150 million will go towards ROW acquisition for a US-395 freeway
project in north Spokane, although construction funding still hasn't
been allocated.

In addition, the funding for the Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement and the
520 bridge program are not enough to get those projects started - Puget
Sound voters still need to approve local funding arrangements. It is
unclear whether or not the state plan is enough to allow construction on
I-405 projects to begin.

Overall, it's great news. Since I moved here in 2001 Washingtonians have
been complaining about transportation and roads. Finally, their
legislators have done something about it.

--
Robert I. Cruickshank
roadgeek, historian, progressive
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Chris Bessert 26 April 2005 09:52:39 [ permanent link ]
 Robert Cruickshank wrote:> [...]> $50 million will be used in a joint effort with Oregon to redesign the > Interstate Bridges, as part of a long-term goal of replacing the aging, > congested spans.

Any idea of what kinds of bridges could be used here? I assume they
want to get away from movable spans, but I'd think a fixed, high-level
bridge at this location would have enormous negative impacts on down-
town Vancouver and Jantzen Beach -- I'd assume the WA SR-14 interchange
and access to Janzten Beach would not be possible via a higher-level
fixed bridge, and I can't see that being acceptable.

What about a tunnel for I-5? While tunnels are generally expensive,
would the higher cost be offset by the extra costs (both monetary and
impactwise) of a high-level bridge on Vancouver and Jantzen Beach?

Later,
Chris

--
Chris Bessert
Bessert1@aol.com
http://www.michigan­highways.org
http://www.wisconsi­nhighways.org
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Andrew Tompkins 27 April 2005 01:40:43 [ permanent link ]
 "Chris Bessert" <bessert1@aol.com> wrote...> Robert Cruickshank wrote:> > [...]> > $50 million will be used in a joint effort with Oregon to redesign the> > Interstate Bridges, as part of a long-term goal of replacing the aging,> > congested spans.>
Any idea of what kinds of bridges could be used here? I assume they> want to get away from movable spans, but I'd think a fixed, high-level> bridge at this location would have enormous negative impacts on down-> town Vancouver and Jantzen Beach -- I'd assume the WA SR-14 interchange> and access to Janzten Beach would not be possible via a higher-level> fixed bridge, and I can't see that being acceptable.>

This is something that is more on the long-range radar right now. As built now, the
twin Interstate Bridge spans have the horizontal lift span at the very north end of
the bridge, a hump in the middle of the bridge span that is high enough to let barge
tugs get underneath most of the time, and a quarter mile long horizontal span south
onto Hayden Island (Jantzen Beach). Most of the large ocean-going ship terminals are
in Portland (downstream of the Interstate Bridge) or further downstream so it is rare
to see one upstream of the bridge.

I have a feeling that they will try something like what they are trying with the
Woodrow Wilson Bridge (push the bridge up x # of feet and you won't have to do 60-70%
of the bridge lifts and the 30-40% that you still have to do can be restricted to
certain time periods). Move the lift span to the top of the hump, push the hump out
to include the entire bridge and possibly extend out onto the land portions (so that
the current bridge abuttments go up about 10 ft or so which won't affect the
interchanges at the ends of the bridge adversly [and they are right at the ends of
the bridge]) and you may get the desired affect.

I think that the desire to replace the bridge has to do less with bridge lifts and
more to do with simply the age of the span (one of the spans was built in 1917, the
other in 1958) and putting in more capacity (there are only 7 lanes in each direction
that cross the Columbia in the Portland area, 3 on I-5 and 4 on I-205).
What about a tunnel for I-5? While tunnels are generally expensive,> would the higher cost be offset by the extra costs (both monetary and> impactwise) of a high-level bridge on Vancouver and Jantzen Beach?>

I'm not sure this would be worth the cost as there would need to be 2 underground
interchanges built (WA-14 and Jantzen Beach) and probably a third as well
(OR-99E/Marine Drive is pretty close to the south channel of the Columbia that runs
south of Hayden Island). I-5 is the only access for Hayden Island and the west
terminus for WA-14 so both interchanges would need to be maintained.
Later,> Chris>

--Andy
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