Last week, Sumner made a giant leap toward getting the funding to redo the Traffic/Fryar/Main intersection and to also resurface the East Valley Highway.  The Pierce County Regional Council (PCRC) approved the Transportation Coordinating Committee's recommendations for funding.  Now, this list will go to the Puget Sound Regional Council for approval. 

 

For Traffic/Fryar/Main, PCRC recommended $2,188,593, which is in addition to the $886,624 federal funds we already had.  Out of the fifteen projects recommended, this was the second highest amount of money awarded. 

 

This project will reconfigure the intersection, removing the fifth leg for West Main to speed up the light cycle, add sidewalks and bike lanes, and realign the lanes a little better. 

 

In addition, we were also awarded $130,000 for the East Valley Highway Resurfacing.  This will pay to complete the design and environmental phases of the project, and this project remains high on the contingency list for further funding if more becomes available.
 
Mayor Dave Enslow sends a big thank you to everyone who made this happen.  There's not only our staff and Council but also our great partners.  The Port of Tacoma wrote a wonderful letter of support to get Traffic & Main funded and for East Valley, we had letters from the City of Auburn and Peterson Brothers.  

 

Sumner will work hard to make sure the Puget Sound Regional Council approves this list. Funding wouldn't come through until late this fall, so construction work on Traffic & Main couldn't begin until next spring.