Design for and upgrade existing traffic signal heads and signal phasing, install accessible pedestrian countdown signals and pushbuttons, and improve traffic signal timing, communication, and coordination.

East Portland Avenue Safety Improvements

The City of Tacoma is studying alternatives for the East 11th Street Bridge Corridor to determine whether the bridge over the Puyallup River and existing viaduct should be replaced, repaired, relocated or demolished without replacement. 

E. 11th Street Bridge Corridor Study Project

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.

East 64th Street Improvements

South 21st Street from Tacoma Avenue to Jefferson Avenue, and Fawcett Avenue from S. 19th to S. 21st Street will be reconstructed to include new asphalt and concrete pavement, lighting, utilities (water, power and stormwater and wastewater sewers), vehicle/pedestrian detection, street trees, and pedestrian-related improvements such as new sidewalks, curb ramps, crosswalks, median refuge islands, pavement markings and a hybrid pedestrian beacon (HAWK beacon) at the intersection of S. 21st Street and Fawcett Avenue. 

Fawcett Avenue: S. 19th St. to S. 21st St.

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 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.

Jefferson and Hood Street Surface Water Interceptor

This project will install a new full traffic signal system at the intersection of Clay Huntington Way and S. 19th Street. Improvements at the intersection will also include accessible Pedestrian Signals (APS) push buttons and countdown signals, signage, pavement/crosswalk markings and curb ramps meeting ADA standards. The project improvements will provide an enhanced connection to Foss High School, and for pedestrians traveling to/from Cheney Stadium, Fred Meyer, Metro Parks Tacoma Headquarters, and Heidelberg Davis Park.

South 19th St. and Clay Huntington

This project will construct a 1.4 mile trail segment that includes a 12-foot wide asphalt surface, two-foot gravel shoulders on each side, new access control gates at existing Public Utility Department service entries, LED lighting, three pedestrian activated signals, water quality facilities, way-finding signage, benches, and a permanent counting device.

Pipeline Trail - Phase 3

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 provide an enhanced driving surface across the Yakima Avenue Bridge, pedestrian facilities, and bicycle route connecting the Tacoma’s South End neighborhoods to the Tacoma downtown area. This project will install a new cement concrete overlay on the bridge deck, new bridge deck expansion joints, and other minor bridge repairs. New bicycle accommodations extending to the north and south of the bridge will be incorporated to the pavement restriping for the project. ADA improvements to curb ramps will also be provided at the mid-block crossing between the Yakima Avenue Bridge and the Interstate 5 (I-5) Bridge, and at the crossing of the east side Northbound Center Street off-ramp. Rectangular Reflective Flashing Beacons will be installed at the mid-block crossing.

Learn more about the South Yakima Avenue Bridge Deck Repair.

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

For this project, Sound Transit will more than double the length of the Tacoma Link, starting with a relocated Theater District station, and adding six new stations.

Construction is expected to begin in the fall of 2018 with the start of service in 2022. 

Sound Transit: Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension

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 additional turn lanes, removing or upgrading existing railroad crossings, upgrading traffic and pedestrian signals, installation of communication fiber, new street lighting, sidewalks (Lincoln Ave. to SR 509), upgrading non-compliant curb ramps, rechannelization of E. 11th St./Alexander Ave., and other intelligent transportation system (ITS) improvements.  Design is underway and construction is expected to begin early 2020.

Taylor Way Rehabilitation