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

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 extends from Union to Mullen along South 19th Street and consists of grinding the outer lane on each side of the street, overlaying the roadway curb to curb with HMA, constructing ADA compliant ramps, upgrading the traffic signal by installing video detection, and installing a smarter push button that talks and vibrates when activated for crossing a signalized intersection.

South 19th Street Project

This project will evaluate existing conditions, conduct public outreach, and develop alternatives for improving rail crossing conditions at the five rail crossing locations below:

Old Town:  McCarver Street and Ruston Way
Dome District: East D Street between East 25th and East 26th Streets
Dome District: East C Street between East 25th and East 26th Streets
West End: 6th Avenue and Titlow Beach
West End: Narrows Marina and S 19th Street

Issues to be analyzed including safety, traffic operations, non-motorized mobility, noise, and economic or other quality of life issues. Incorporating community feedback, the project will develop a framework and ranking methodology through which the potential crossing improvements can be evaluated.  

Rail Crossing Improvements

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 2018, construction, however, is only partially funded at this time.  The City will continue to pursue grants to complete this work.