[Editor Note: Come prepared with the issues, flooding areas, signals, and turning problems you already know about! When I-5 is blocked at Nisqually/Dupont and traffic flows through Yelm & Roy, Pacific Avenue is a key corridor. There are no alternate routes nearby.] SR 7/ SR 507 to 99th St S – Corridor Improvements – Pre-design…
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Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan
Help spread the word about a new public survey for the Transportation Resilience Improvement Plan (TRIP). See also WSDOT’s Online Open House.The TRIP will examine how natural hazards including wildfires, flooding, landslides, and earthquakes could affect the roads, bridges, and other transportation connections we rely on every day. The survey is open now, and respondents will have the chance to enter a drawing for one of two $100 gift cards after it closes on January 30.Take the survey: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8619003/WSDOT-Transportation-Resilience-Improvement-Plan-Survey-2026
Pierce County bike Swap April 25
The 15th Annual Pierce County Bike Swap, Saturday, April 25, 2026, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Tacoma Community College, Lot A (facing South 19th Street). http://www.ridetogetherpierce.com/bikeswap Community yard sale, but just for bikes! Bring a bicycle, parts, accessories, and/or look around for a new one! In addition to the sale racks, we will have vendors such bike…
Ride Together Pierce
Central and South Pierce County commuters and travelers, do you carpool, take transit, or walk/bike to your destinations? If so, you can enter into a $150 monthly prize drawing. Pierce County’s sustainable transportation program “Ride Together Pierce” is proud to present a new monthly rewards program: Rider Rewards! This program will reward one lucky sustainable traveler…
County contract opportunity
Pierce County has just released the following opportunity: Transportation – Spanaway/176th Area Here is a summary of the project: Pierce County seeks an organization to launch a Transportation Pilot Program (Program) that will provide “demand” transportation service for residents in the Spanaway/176th Corridor area. The Program will serve rural areas, outside of the Public Transportation…
Oct 14 – Loop Road Closure
PIERCE COUNTY – October 4 update With the sewer construction work progressing on 116th Street South, we anticipate Spanaway Loop Road South will close between 116th Street South and Garfield Street South starting Monday, October 14. The closure is expected to continue into early 2025. Local access will remain available for emergency vehicles and residents…
Stop building cul-de-sacs in unincorporated county
EDITORIAL OPINION Years ago, when the Spanaway Community Association was starting and the Growth Management Act was in its infancy, Pierce County explained to us that the housing developments with cul-de-sacs were useful to slow crime. The county was allowing, mostly even, asking developers to build all these little pocket communities on large parcels. Each…
Public invited to open house in Fife for update on SR 167 Completion Project in Pierce County
Washington State Department of Transportation– NEWS Puget Sound Gateway Program – 999 Third Ave., Suite 2300 – Seattle, WA 98104 – 206-770-3500May 28, 2024 Open house on June 4 offers opportunity to see project plans, review construction progress and speak with staff FIFE – Community members are invited to attend an in-person open house on…
Advanced Air Mobility for new eVTOL craft
The era of George Jetson is beginning to arrive. The Federal Aviation Administration is starting discussion with states and local communities about how to safely bring these vehicles, Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) to our communities. We need to consider where they will land, a new invention called the Vertiport will need locations. Advance…
Pierce Transit to Pause Bus Rapid Transit Project, Provide Enhanced Bus Service as Interim Measure
Board Approves Project Pause, Interim Service to Allow for Corridor Coordination At an Aug. 14 study session, the Pierce Transit Board of Commissioners reviewed the agency’s Pacific Avenue/State Route 7 Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) plans and voted unanimously to pause the project for now, requesting that agency staff move forward instead with Enhanced Bus service…
Pacific Ave. lane closures for sewer at 129th St.
Parkland/Brookdale Sewer Interceptor Phase 3 Update As part of Pierce County’s Parkland/Brookdale Sewer Interceptor project, traffic on state Route 7 at 129th Street South will be partially closed during: For the first weekend from July 28 to 31, crews will work on section C1 along the west side of SR 7. The southbound SR 7 traffic…
Paving coming for parts of State Route 7
Fish passage work at two creeks, paving coming for State Route 7 in Pierce CountyProject consolidates work, cuts costs EATONVILLE – More than five miles of State Route 7 will see construction between Eatonville and Spanaway into fall 2023. The project will remove two barriers to fish passage and repair miles of the highway surface. Combining…
Transportation input to WSDOT
From WSDOT – Olympic Region Public input needed for transportation study focusing on connectivity in south Pierce County Online open house runs Dec. 1-16 PUYALLUP – People who live, work, play and commute through south Pierce County have an opportunity to provide feedback on a study focused on improving connectivity on multiple state highways. The…
Recent County Planning Changes Challenged
By Marianne Lincoln, February 23, 2021 Three separate challenges to the recently adopted planning amendments called Centers and Corridors have been submitted to the Washington State Growth Management Hearings Board. The challenges caused the Pierce County Council to delay the effective dates at today’s County Council meeting (2-23-2021). The implementation of the plans was delayed…
Tetatzin named new Pierce County Planning and Public Works director
Jennifer Tetatzin, a retired United States Navy commander, has been named Pierce County’s Planning and Public Works Director, pending confirmation by the Pierce County Council. Tetatzin most recently served as a Senior Principal Advisor in the Washington, D.C. area for Concurrent Technologies Corporation, a non-profit, professional services company. As a senior consultant for the Department…
I-5 South slowdowns Nov. 22
The Washington Dept of Transportation is advising that early morning travelers who use Interstate 5 near DuPont in Pierce County and Lacey in Thurston County will see minor delays on Sunday, Nov. 22. Crews working for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad are removing an aerial utility line that crosses the interstate just south of Mounts…
Construction project on section of Canyon Road East expected to start April 8
PIERCE COUNTY — Construction on a project to enhance safety and relieve traffic congestion on Canyon Road East between 99th Street Court East and 84th Street East is expected to start April 8. Crews will work 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday to Thursday. The road may periodically be reduced to one lane with alternating…
50% Growth in 25 years – PSM Plan
[Editor Note: Contrast this with the County information about Frederickson, you can clearly see their bias toward growing Frederickson. Frederickson tripled (300%) P-S-M is noted to have grown 50% in that same timeframe. The Census of 2020 will tell us more soon.] From the Pierce County Planning page for the Parkland-Spanaway-Midland Plan PIERCE COUNTY —…
Anderson Island ferry service suspended
Pierce County Ferry service is suspended until further notice following a failure of the Anderson Island dock. A marine contracting crew is on-scene and assessing the situation and making the repair to the dock. Please plan for ferry service to be suspended throughout the morning. Another update will be provided at 10 a.m. about next…
Road Work near LaGrande – SR7 closures
State Route 7 slope stabilization work begins in July Travelers will see daytime closures of SR 7 near La Grande EATONVILLE – Travelers heading to Alder Lake and Mount Rainier National Park on State Route 7 this summer and fall will want to plan extra travel time into their adventures. As early as July 15,…