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I 40%of freeway lanes will exceed capacity during peak periods in 2012. This will be an 110 unmitigated impact of the Plan. 111 Arterial capacity The arterial system will be improved in several key areas. New arterial capacity is added in 1 the SR-525 corridor, providing needed system capacity from the Southwest Everett and Mukilteo areas to origins and destinations to the south. This $71 million corridor improvement includes nearly $10 million in Boeing 777 Expansion mitigation funds. I To facilitate goods movement in the Port of Everett area, the Marine View Drive corridor will be upgraded and capacity added in key areas, including revisions to the interchange with Broadway. An extension of Everett Ave into the Port area will improve direct east- west access. Several arterials will be widened to add primarily local capacity. These include 100th Street, 75th Street, 112th Street, 7th Ave, SR-527, and 41st Street. Each of these routes represent critical system links which must be expanded before 2012 to assure proper circulation of people and goods. With all arterial improvements in place the system will continue to experience severe congestion on about 18%of the lanes miles in the system in 2012, where generalized lane capacity will be exceeded during peak periods. This congestion is an unmitigated impact of the Preferred Plan. I Regional High Occupancy Vehicle System Introduction The Statewide Multimodal Transportation Plan, Vision 2020 and the Regional Transit Plan identify a regional system of high occupancy vehicle facilities throughout the area that encourage ridesharing and improve transit performance. The Preferred City Plan relies upon this system to create demand for additional use of these other modes of travel and thereby reduce the rate of increase for vehicle capacity. I HOV on the freeway The Plan proposes HOV lanes on I-5 to Marysville at an estimated cost of$150 million. This HOV facility is expected to be completed to the downtown Everett interchanges by 2012. HOV lanes are proposed by the State on the SR-2 Trestle and a reversible HOV lane is proposed for SR-526. These improvements are subject to State and Federal I funding and do not include City participation. With 67%of freeway lanes congested during peak periods (in 2012 under the Preferred Plan)these HOV facilities are expected to be used extensively. I HOV improvements at interchanges In order to provide preferential access to the freeway HOV system, improvements are I proposed at several key interchanges. These improvements will allow transit and ridesharing vehicles to access the system ahead of general purpose traffic. Improvements to the SR-96/I-5, SR-526/Evergreen and SR-526/I-5 are all scheduled within the planning period. The SR-99/SR-525 interchange, included in the SR-525 corridor improvements 11111 will also include HOV features since this corridor will accommodate HOV. T-32 ,