Duvall awarded $1.5 million for streets, sidewalks project
Published 11:12 am Friday, December 4, 2015
The State Transportation Improvement Board has awarded the city of Duvall $1.5 million in grant funding to construct improvements along its Main Street, S.R. 203. The grant, awarded Nov. 20, was one of 142 awards approved by the board, for a total expenditure of $116.8 million to four programs. There were 378 applications submitted in this grant cycle.
The city of Duvall applied to the Urban Arterial Program. To date, the city has secured more than $6 million in construction funding for this project: $1.5 million from TIB in 2016; $1.05 million from Puget Sound Regional Council in 2015; and $3.5 million from TIB in 2015.
“This project will provide a dramatic benefit to the safety of pedestrians and motorists traveling along Main Street, while also increasing the aesthetic and economic appeal of the corridor. Most importantly, when construction is completed the city and citizens of Duvall will have realized the goals and dreams of a decades-long planning process,” said Duvall City Administrator Matthew Morton.
The project, estimated to cost $7.5 million, will install curb, gutter and sidewalks as well as illumination, underground utility lines, and general roadway improvements in an area of 203 dangerous to both pedestrians and motorists.
The project is designed to blend seamlessly with the improvements installed at Coe Clemons Creek earlier this summer and will greatly increase safety and connectivity to homes and businesses located between downtown and Big Rock Road.
The city is close to completing permitting and right of way acquisitions for the project and is on track to begin construction of the project early in 2016.
