Issaquah in line for transportation funds

Issaquah is in line for $1.1 million for transportation projects from the Puget Sound Regional Council. The money is part of more than $440 million in federal funds proposed by PSRC to improve transportation around the region.

September 24, 2012 4:02 pm

 

Issaquah is in line for $1.1 million for transportation projects from the Puget Sound Regional Council. The money is part of more than $440 million in federal funds proposed by PSRC to improve transportation around the region.

Projects in the Issaquah area include:

• SE May Valley Road Preservation Project – from SR 900/Renton-Issaquah Rd to 229th Ave SE in unincorporated King County – $824,586

• Issaquah Hobart Road Overlay Project – $315,414

PSRC is encouraging public comments on the projects proposed for funding and on the region’s draft Transportation Improvement Program for 2013-2016. The public comment period runs through Oct. 25. The vote by PSRC’s Executive Board to approve the 2013-2016 Transportation Improvement Program is scheduled for Oct. 25.

To comment, write to Puget Sound Regional Council, ATTN: Kelly McGourty, 1011 Western Ave., Suite 500, Seattle, Washington 98104-1035; via email to

kmcgourty@psrc.org on in person from Oct. 11-25.