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This project (Phase 2) will improve East 64th Street from McKinley Avenue East to Portland Avenue and is currently under design. Some of the project improvements include replacing the road, adding bike lanes, replacing sidewalks and curb ramps with ramps meeting ADA standards, and upgrading the stormwater and illumination system.  Phase 1 between McKinley Avenue and Pacific Avenue is complete.  One future segment is planned (Phase 3) Portland Avenue to the City limits will be completed in future years.

East 64th Street Improvements

This project will replace the remaining Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge (phase 2) over the Puyallup River.  The project will begin with a planning phase dependent upon available funding.

Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge Phase 2

In an agreement with the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT), The City of Tacoma has designed and is constructing new ADA compliant pedestrian crossing ramps along the sidewalks and on/off ramps at the interchange of I-5 with S 56th Street and at the intersection of Tacoma Mall Boulevard and S. 56th Street.

I-5 & S 56th Street Interchange ADA Compliance

This project will construct a two-mile bicycle boulevard on J Street from North 3rd Street to South 27th Street, along with improved east/west bicycle connections via 6th Avenue, South 11th Street, Earnest S Brazill Street, South 17th Street, and South 18th Street. The five east/west connections, ranging from one to three blocks in length, will provide access to Link Light Rail stops and key neighborhood destinations including the Hilltop Business District and People’s Community Center.

J Street Bicycle Boulevard

The Links to Opportunity Streetscape Project (LTO) completes the construction of the sidewalk and streetscape upgrades in the Stadium and Hilltop Districts along the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension Project.

Links to Opportunity Construction

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

This partnership project includes roadway and pedestrian improvements to the Orchard Street/Lakewood Drive, a major arterial providing vital motility to Tacoma, University Place and Lakewood, between South 56^th Street and South 74^th Street.

Orchard Street – Lakewood Drive Improvements

The proposed Portland Avenue project will design and construct improvements to greatly increase the condition, efficiency, safety and reliability of this T-1 route (over 10 million tons of freight per year).

Portland Avenue Freight and Access Improvements

This project will enhance the multimodal transportation experience for pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, transit riders, and freight operators along Puyallup Avenue, from South C Street to Portland Avenue, including the Portland Avenue intersection (1.2 mile length). The project scope includes reconstruction of the roadway and installation of complete street elements including bike lanes, sidewalks, curb ramps, bulbouts, crosswalks, signals, lighting, landscaping, bus stops, parking, upgraded utilities, and a shared HOV/transit lane.

Puyallup Avenue Corridor Improvements

 Pedestrian rail crossing improvements are planned at both the 6th Avenue and S. 19th Street rail crossings.  Select improvements include upgraded railroad signals, relocated vehicle railroad gates, the installation of new pedestrian railroad gates, sidewalks, curb ramps, pavement replacement, pavement markings/crosswalks, landscaping, signage and fencing.  

Rail Crossing Improvements

The project includes construction on St. Helens Avenue, from 6th Avenue to North 1st Street, including the intersection of 6th Avenue, but not the intersection of Division. Improvements will consist of a simple 2.5-inch grind and overlay from curb face to curb face. Twenty-four (24) feet of glass grid paving fabric will be installed in the driving lanes. New curb ramps will be constructed where required. No utility work is planned except for minor catch basin adjustments. 

St. Helens Avenue Improvement Project

This project will repair the existing off ramp from Union Avenue to South Tacoma Way that was damaged by a fire in February 2023.  

Union Avenue to South Tacoma Way Bridge Repair

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