Ordinance 3128-09 - Laserfiche WebLink

and funding for transportation and related improvement projects within their area including transit, non-motorized, parking, and even freight system improvements. Some TMAs are formed specifically to develop, implement and manage plans and programs to improve and promote the use of transit, ridesharing and parking services. 3. Growth and Transportation Efficiency Center (GTEC) Creation of employment and residential centers as designated GTECs was authorized by Washington State as part of the CTR Efficiency Act of 2006. The program's purpose is to increase transportation efficiency in areas with high concentrations of jobs and housing, such as in Downtown Everett, and support goals and policies that direct growth and economic development into these areas. While the CTR program is focused on commute trips of only the largest employers, the GTEC program expands the reach of CTR by implementing proven TDM strategies to all daily trip types within a specific geographic area. This is accomplished in cooperation with smaller non- CTR affected employers and with area residents. The focus of the GTEC program is to build partnerships that more fully integrate land use and transportation decision making in order to increase the efficiency of transportation systems, economic viability, and environmental stewardship of the GTEC areas. B. Recommended Key Traffic Mitigation Strategies • I-5 Downtown Everett Interchange Access Improvements -- Construct interchange ramp and arterial improvements at downtown interchanges - Pacific, Hewitt and Everett Avenues • I-5 HOV Lanes (US 2 to SR 528) -- Construct HOV lanes on I-5 from US 2 north to SR 528. Expected to decrease I-5 congestion which pushes traffic onto downtown streets. • 41st Street/Broadway Arterial Improvements -- Provide arterial improvements on 41st St. and Broadway to provide improved I-5 access and capacity to serve new growth in the riverfront area and in Downtown. *** • East Marine View Drive Improvements -- Construct dedicated truck route improvements between I-5 and North Broadway. Expected to greatly reduce truck volumes impacting Downtown and provide for future growth at the waterfront industrial areas. • City Gateway Street Improvements -- Construct landscaping and signage denoting entry corridors to the City, especially to Downtown. • West Marine View Drive / Rucker Avenue/41st Street Freight Route -- Identify, design and construct an improved truck route from I-5 at 41st to the Port of Everett and other waterfront industrial area. Study a more direct connection between Rucker Ave. and W. Marine View Drive. 8