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/.eSr,mmA6 RESOLUTION NO. 5892rr A RESOLUTION in support of the integrated Roads and Transit plan developed by the Regional Transportation Investment District and Sound Transit WHEREAS, Sound Transit is the designated provider of high capacity transit infrastructure and services to meet regional public transportation needs in the central Puget Sound area; and WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation Investment District is charged with developing a transportation investment plan for improving significant highways and bridges in the central Puget Sound area; and WHEREAS, during the 2006 legislative session, the Washington State Legislature found that investments in both transit and road improvements are necessary to relieve traffic congestion and improve mobility, and required that Sound Transit and the Regional Transportation Investment District submit to the voters transportation plans in November of 2007 which address these goals; and WHEREAS, Sound Transit is approaching completion of the voter approved Sound Move plan and as a result has prepared a new draft package of high capacity improvements which build upon existing Sound Move investments by providing 45 miles of new light rail corridors and service, expanding commuter rail and regional express bus service, 10,000 new park and ride spaces and makes investments in future extensions of light rail in the region; and WHEREAS, the Regional Transportation District has prepared a "Blueprint for Progress" which focuses on corridors where the value of existing state and local investments can be significantly increased by completing additional improvements in that corridor and where important time-sensitive corridor improvements that were not funded or have not been adequately funded by state or local investments including I 5 access improvements at South Broadway, Everett Mall Way, 100th Street, and 128th Street, SR 2 improvements and the SR 9 widening project; and WHEREAS, Sound Transit and the Regional Transportation Investment District have worked jointly over the past year to develop the first ever integrated set of highway, bridge and transit improvements for the central Puget Sound region; and WHEREAS, the benefits of the integrated Roads and Transit plan will move more people faster through the regions most congested corridors; improve and maintain the region's road system; provide fast and reliable mass transit; connects the population and employment centers of the region; and WHEREAS, the transportation projects proposed in the Roads & Transit package are the top priorities for the region and fix the historic under funding of regional transportation needs, and