Highline Forum 211117 WSDOT Update

Susan Everett, PE SR 509 Project Manager Andrey Chepel, PE SR 509 Project Engineer Ali Amiri, PE SR 509 Engineering Manager November 17, 2021 SR 509 Completion Project Highline Forum Agenda • Project overview and timeline • I-5/SR 516 interchange • Stage 1a • Lake to Sound Trail • I-5 to 24th Avenue South Expressway (Stage 1b) • 24th Avenue South to South 188th Street Expressway (Stage 2) Puget Sound Gateway Program The Puget Sound Gateway Program manages the SR 167 and SR 509 completion projects • Create new connections to the region’s ports and large distribution centers • Move people and goods more reliably through the Puget Sound region • Construction: 2020-2028 SR 509 Completion Project • SR 509 – Stage 1a (work performed by Sound Transit in FWLE) • SR 509 – Stage 1b, I-5 to 24th Avenue South New Expressway • SR 509 – Stage 2, 24th Avenue South to South 188th Street New Expressway Schedule • Design work – Now through early 2022 • Construction contractor scheduled monthly meetings with each jurisdiction • Groundbreaking event planned for early 2022 Stage 1a SR 99 Bridge (Sound Transit – Stage 1a) • SR 99 bridge construction activities • Working with Sound Transit and Seattle Public Utilities on Midway Landfill • Partnered with Sound Transit on noise walls SR 99 Bridge (Sound Transit – Stage 1a) • WSDOT is funding a 1.8-mile portion of the Lake to Sound Trail • The Lake to Sound Trail is a 16-mile non…
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