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

This project (Segment 1) will improve East 64th Street from McKinley Avenue East to Pacific Avenue. 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.  Two future segments are planned as the project works east.  Segment 2 McKinley to Portland and Segment 3 Portland to the City limits will be completed in future years.

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 stripe buffered bike lanes on South 15th Street from the Fawcett Avenue bike boulevard through the Pacific Avenue intersection, transitioning to shared lane markings (sharrows) to connect to the Prairie Line Trail at Hood Street. To facilitate bicycle travel in the westerly direction from the trail, shared lane markings will also be added on the South 14th Street access ramp and South 14th Street between A Street and Pacific Avenue (where current shared lane markings exist and connect back to South 15th Street). New signage will be installed to support the new bike accommodations and other subsequent street modifications.

South 15th Street Bike Lanes

Construct sections of sidewalk along Sheridan Avenue between South 72nd Street & South 84th Street to provide sidewalks on at least one side of the street along the entire length. Project includes constructing sidewalks, ADA compliant crossings, sections of curb with areas of landscape/trees, and improving bus stops.

Sheridan Avenue Missing Links Sidewalks

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 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.

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.  Construction is underway and completion is expected in late Fall 2021.

Taylor Way Rehabilitation

Tacoma’s Trail to Transit connection project will stripe bike lanes on South Mildred Street from South 12th Street to North 9th Street, filling a 0.53 mile gap, and connecting Pierce Transit's Tacoma Community College Transit Center and Tacoma Community College to the Scott Pierson Trail, grocery stores, housing, local retail and the new Hunt Middle School.

Trail to Transit Connector (Mildred St Bike Lanes)