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SR 520 Bridge Replacement and HOV Program ESSB 6392 ESSB 6392: Design Refi nements and Transit Connections Workgroup | Appendix C: Public comments Appendix C: Public comments | ESSB 6392 Legislative Report ESSB 6392 Workgroup recommendations Public comment summary Below is a summary of the comments received by participating agencies and the general public on the Workgroup’s recommendations during the comment period from Sept. 13 to 24, 2010. Participating agency comments: Seattle City Council Sept. 13 key verbal comments On Sept. 13, 2010, WSDOT and SDOT provided a Workgroup update to the Seattle City Council Special Committee on SR 520. At this meeting, several council members commented on the Workgroup recommendations for SR 520. A full summary can be found in Appendix C. Key comments include: • Montlake second bascule bridge: Specify the triggers for the second bascule bridge, and determine far in advance if we need a second bascule bridge in the first place. Establish a strict decision-making process for the construction of this second bascule bridge. • Tolling: Promote tolling on SR 520 as a way to fill the funding gap for the bridge and manage traffic. • Traffic: Reduce traffic, don’t just move it to different surface streets. Comment letter The Seattle City Council provided a comment letter on the Workgroup recommendations. Comments include: • Montlake bascule bridge: Decide if and when the bridge is needed. The Council supports exploring alternatives and establishing triggers for future evaluation of the needs for the second crossing. • Traffic management: o Use dynamic tolling with other traffic management tools to more efficiently and effectively manage traffic operations on SR 520. ESSB 6392 Workgroup comment summary Page 1 o Create a mitigation funding source that will allow WSDOT and SDOT to address specific issues in neighborhoods affected by traffic as they arise. o SDOT and WSDOT should continue working together on traffic management issues, especially in the vicinity of Roanoke Park. • Portage Bay Bridge: o Make the bridge as narrow as possible. o Create a “boulevard” design on the bridge that will enhance the character of the bridge and assist with traffic speed control. o WSDOT should continue working with the Seattle Design Commission and SDOT to continue refining the designs for the Portage Bay Bridge. • Foster Island and the West Approach: o Continue exploring options to narrow structures through the SR 520 corridor, including structures above Foster Island. o Examine the impacts of reducing speeds to 45 miles per hour and creating a roadway design that is consistent with lower speeds. • Parks and public land: o The land in McCurdy Park that is removed from public use should be replaced with comparable lands in the vicinity. o Create safe and attractive bicycle and pedestrian connections between the Arboretum and the Montlake lid. o Minimize disruptions to other public lands in the vicinity. • Commitment to high capacity transit and light rail in the SR 520 corridor: Ensure that every possible consideration is accounted for without substantially increasing the cost or environmental scope of the project. • Other: The Seattle City Council also provided general comments on funding and process, including support for I-90 tolling. The Council’s full comments are available in Appendix B. Seattle Mayor • Light rail: Make SR 520 light rail ready from the start and emphasize high capacity transit. Address technical questions regarding shoulder widths on the bridge deck to accommodate light rail, building additional pontoons to support light rail and the West Approach bridge gap. • Environment: Address environmental concerns, including protecting natural areas and open spaces and reducing vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emissions. • Traffic: Develop plans for managing SR 520 traffic in Seattle neighborhoods. • Project funding: Address the $2 billion funding gap for the Seattle portion of this project. ESSB 6392 Workgroup comment summary Page 2 University of Washington • Montlake second bascule bridge: The second Montlake bascule bridge is a critical element to enhance pedestrian, bicycle and transit access to the University of Washington (UW) campus. The existing sidewalks on this bridge are too narrow to accommodate the increase in cyclists who will be able to cross SR 520 on the new path. Transit could also be delayed as traffic has to merge from the SR 520 interchange area into the four existing (and narrow) lanes. • Arboretum: Support for the preferred alternative’s design that removed ramps from the sensitive area of the Arboretum, while maintaining most of the functionality for transit. The design retains capacity along Montlake Boulevard so that transit is not unduly delayed. • Left turn on 24th Avenue E and E Lake Washington Boulevard: Permanent turn restrictions on 24th Avenue E would compromise transit flow on Montlake Boulevard. • Montlake Triangle bicycle and pedestrian crossing: Significant benefits to the University and the broader community from the overcrossing of Montlake Boulevard which WSDOT can use public funds to support. King County Department of Transportation: • Montlake second bascule bridge: Recommendations related to phasing the second bascule bridge in the preferred alternative may significantly impact transit speed and reliability, particularly on 23rd Avenue E, Montlake Boulevard and Pacific Street. KCDOT requests further analysis by WSDOT to determine the impact of phasing the second bascule bridge as part of this project. • Traffic modeling for bus stops in Montlake Triangle area: Additional traffic modeling to fully understand the general traffic congestion and travel time impacts of the different options, as well as associated estimated costs, will also be critical and KCDOT looks forward to reviewing that information. • Loss of Montlake freeway transit station: To preserve the connection that is being removed with the Montlake freeway transit station, additional and ongoing operating resources will be needed. KCDOT looks forward to upcoming conversations with WSDOT about how to appropriately mitigate for the transit station removal in order to maintain current levels of connectivity. ESSB 6392 Workgroup comment summary Page 3 General public comments After the release of the Workgroup’s draft recommendations, the public was invited to provide comments between Sept. 13 and 24 by e-mail, online survey, mail, or in person at the Seattle City Council Special Committee hearing on SR 520 on Sept. 13. A total of 138 comments were received, including: • 72 by online survey • 50 by e-mail • 14 at the City Council meeting. • 2 by mail The comments covered a wide spectrum of topics and opinions and were identified with one of the following key categories. Removal of Montlake freeway transit station (47 comments) All comments noted concerns with the removal of the Montlake freeway transit station. Most comments focused on how the removal of the transit station would create a difficult commuting situation for cyclists and those commuting to the Eastside. Many comments believe that new stops on the Montlake lid will not replace the functionality of the current flyer stop, and several Montlake residents stressed the importance of routes such as the Sound Transit 545 that use the transit station. One comment suggested adding a transfer stop at the University of Washington to make up for the loss of the transit station. Montlake second bascule bridge (32 comments) A majority of comments showed opposition to the second bascule bridge. Of the comments in opposition to the bascule bridge, many indicated that construction of the bridge would have negative effects on the Montlake neighborhood, the character of the existing bridge and the Montlake cut. Several comments noted that a second bascule bridge will not help traffic at all, as “traffic congestion arises from poor traffic management north and south of the bridge.” Several comments provided ideas on how to improve the design of the second bascule bridge, including only allowing transit, HOV and bicycle/pedestrian access on the bridge, constructing transit priority lights on the bridge, and converting the two inner lanes to reversible lanes allowing traffic flows to change during peak commute periods. One comment recommended bypassing the drawbridge so that traffic flows are improved and reliable. ESSB 6392 Workgroup comment summary Page 4 Several comments did indicate support for this bridge and urged the Workgroup to not support plans to delay or phase the bridge, stressing that delaying or phasing the second bascule bridge will negatively impact traffic, homes and businesses in the Montlake area. Transit locations, connectivity and general issues (32 comments) Comments were usually focused on transit issues such as stop locations and bus transfers. Many comments requested designs that better accommodated bus and high capacity transit, and designs that optimized transfers. Several comments recommended a better connection between buses and the University of Washington light rail station. Bicycle and pedestrian issues (23 comments) Many comments recommended bicycle and pedestrian improvements. Several comments supported the bicycle lane on the floating bridge, with one comment requesting the placement of this lane on the south side of the bridge, instead of the planned location to the north. Several comments requested a bicycle tunnel in the Montlake Triangle area, and to the Burke-Gilman trail. One comment supports construction mitigation measures to protect cyclists and pedestrians
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