This project will improve East 64th Street from McKinley Avenue East to Pacific Avenue. Some of the project improvements include grinding and replacing the road, adding bike lanes, replacing sidewalks and curb ramps with ramps meeting ADA standards, and upgrading the stormwater and illumination system.

E. 64th Street Improvements

The City of Tacoma Environmental Services Department is undertaking improvements to provide additional surface water capacity to the downtown core intended to help address flooding in the lower downtown area and provide additional capacity for growth.

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Jefferson and Hood Street Surface Water Interceptor

The Lincoln District Streetscape is the cornerstone of the Lincoln Revitalization Project. Key features of the streetscape include neighborhood entryway, roadway, sidewalk and pedestrian infrastructure improvements. These upgrades are happening along the stretch of South 38th Street, from South J Street to South Fawcett Avenue, which serves as the primary corridor of the Lincoln Business District and Mixed Use Center. This project seeks to enhance pedestrian access, traffic calming measures and landscaping elements. There is also a public art component to provide distinctive gateway attractions on both sides of the improved streetscape.

Lincoln District Streetscape

Links to Opportunity Project is a two-part effort to improve social and economic opportunity. The project includes streetscape design in coordination with the Tacoma LINK Light Rail Expansion corridor. The design will primarily include curb to building face, including sidewalks and amenities.

Link to Planning and Development Services' Links to Opportunity

The North 21st Street project consists of streetscape improvements on North 21st Street between North Adams and North Pearl Streets in conjunction with Tacoma Power’s replacement of the transmission towers along this corridor. The City is working with Tacoma Power to site the new transmission towers to allow future reconfiguration of the North 21st Street corridor. Tacoma Power and the City are also meeting with neighborhood councils, business districts, and the public to present the Tacoma Power project and gather public input on the future configuration of North 21st Street.

North 21st Street Project

Pipeline Trail Phase II is a 2.4 mile contiguous facility starting at Pipeline Road at East 48th Street and ending at East 25th Street at East 'D' Street at the Tacoma Dome Station.

Pipeline Trail Phase II

The Port of Tacoma Road is the major heavy-haul arterial serving the Port of Tacoma.  The City and Port partnership was successful in obtaining grant funds to help fund the design and construction costs for replacing approximately 7,800 feet of the road from East 11^th Street to Marshall Avenue in Phase 1 of the project which was completed in March 2016.  The City obtained additional funds to conduct Phase 2 of the project, which replaces the roadway from Marshall Avenue to SR 509, and replaces the signal at Port of Tacoma Road and Marshall Avenue.

Port of Tacoma Road - Phase 2

Beginning in August 2016, the City will undertake a conceptual design for corridor improvements along Puyallup Avenue from Portland Avenue to S. C Street (connection to Prairie Line Trail).  The study will address multi-modal uses and complete street concepts including, but not limited to, landscaping, lighting, sidewalks, crosswalks, bicycle facilities, and other amenities.  As part of the design process, a traffic study will be conducted addressing existing, constructed, and 20-year projected conditions to accommodate current and future growth.  There will be an extensive outreach component to the project to address stakeholder needs including those of the residents, businesses, transit, and freight communities.  Work shall be consistent with the Final South Downtown Subarea Plan and the City’s Comprehensive Plan, including the Transportation Master Plan.  The project is expected to continue into early 2017.  Project deliverables will be used to apply for additional design and construction funding.

Puyallup Avenue Corridor Conceptual Design 

The project will improve the Taylor Way corridor from the Fife/Tacoma border (approximately 300 feet east of SR 509) to the intersection at E. 11th St. and Alexander Avenue. Improvements include reconstructing the roadway surface to heavy haul standards (Fife to E. 11th St.), widening the SR 509/Taylor Way intersection to include dedicated thru and turn lanes, removing or upgrading existing railroad crossings, upgrading traffic and pedestrian signals, installation of communication fiber, new street lighting, sidewalks, upgrading non-compliant curb ramps, rechannelization of E. 11th St./Alexander Ave., and other intelligent transportation system (ITS) improvements.  The design phase is fully funded and is expected to begin in early 2017, construction, however, is only partially funded at this time.  The City will continue to pursue grants to complete this work.