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• Completing the Gateway Program provides more direct links from the state’s largest ports to the distribution centers in the region and to Eastern Washington • Provides direct access to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport from the south for both passenger and air cargo • Supports community and economic development Puget Sound Gateway Program - SR 509 & SR 167 Legislative Direction – 2015 ESHB 2524, Section 306 (23) In making budget allocations to the Puget Sound Gateway project, the department shall implement the project's construction as a single corridor investment. The department shall develop a coordinated corridor Construction and Implementation Plan for SR 167 and SR 509 in collaboration with affected stakeholders. Specific funding allocations must be based on where and when specific project segments are ready for construction to move forward and investments can be best optimized for timely project completion. Emphasis must be placed on avoiding gaps in fund expenditures for either project. Legislative Direction – 2017 Update ESB 5096, Section 306 (19) $93,500,000 of the Connecting Washington account is provided solely for the SR 167/SR 509 Puget Sound Gateway project. Any savings on the project must stay on the Puget Sound gateway corridor until the project is complete. Puget Sound Gateway Funding as enacted by the 2015 Legislature Puget Sound Gateway Funding as enacted by the 2017 Legislature $20m Legislative Direction – 2017 Update ESB 5096, Section 306 (20)(b) & (c) b) The secretary of transportation must develop a memorandum of understanding with local project stakeholders that identifies…

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Call to order – Roll Call – Quorum Established – Land Acknowledgement We would like to acknowledge that our Agency operates in four present-day counties, which are the traditional lands of the Coast Salish people, past and present. This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities in our jurisdiction and [...]