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10. Construction Impacts 10.1 Potential Construction Schedule Construction activities could start as early as June 2002 with building demolitions on the justice center block and the administration building block. The existing parking garage could be demolished as early as August 2002. Most construction activities will extend through until 2004. Construction activities will result in disruption or relocation of existing County services, loss of existing parking facilities, additional construction parking demands and additional constructi n traffic. 10.2 Potential Road Closures Road closures will have some impacts on the construction activities and on the access and circulation of existing traffic. Hewitt Avenue will be closed in stages throughout 2002 for reconstruction of storm and sanitary sewers leading to some detour routes and relocated parking demands. Lombard Avenue will be permanently closed in 2002 between Hewitt Avenue and Wall Street to accommodate the Everett Special Event Center, leading to a permanent rerouting of traffic to Oakes and Broadway. Temporary closures of Wall Street and Oakes Avenue are likely to occur during the construction of the Special Events Center from 2002 through 2003 leading to further detours. Temporary closures of Wall Street and Oakes Avenue are likely to occur during the construction of the County Justice Center, the new parking garage and the new Administration Building from 2002 through 2004. The temporary closure of Oakes Avenue for below-grade utility work and construction of a tunnel to transport prisoners from the jail to the County Courthouse could last as long as four months. Wetmore Avenue (and Hoyt Avenue) may be redesigned for two-way traffic in the 2002 to 2003 period with some minor reconstruction of traffic signals. sidewalks. and water mains. All of these road closures will have some impacts on the current traffic circulation in the downtown area for at least two years. The City of Everett and Snohomish County have mobilized a Traffic Task Force comprising staff, consultants and contractors to resolve construction conflicts and detours on a weekly basis and on a day-to-day construction access basis. Pro-active public information is a key element of this plan. 10.3 Loss of Existing Parking Facilities Most of the existing county parking facilities will be demolished over the course of the construction period. There are more than 100 parking spaces currently available on the justice block most of which will be removed for future buildings or unavailable during the course of construction. Currently, these facilities are primarily used for jury parking and staff parking and they will be unavailable in July 2002. CRI Transportation Impact Analysis Page 41 June 2002