Word on the Street: Improvements to 198th Avenue East Corridor (from 104th Street East to 144th Street East)

What's Happening
Pierce County and Cascadia Development Corporation are improving 2 1/2 miles of 198th Avenue East between 104th Street East and 144th Street East (CRP's 5674, 5675, 5676). The project will be built in phases to provide improvements required of the Cascadia development and also accomodate future widening by Pierce County.

The initial, or Phase 1, project by Cascadia Development Corporation will:

• Construct the roadway consisting of 2 to 3 lanes between 104th Street East and 120th Street East and 4 to 5 lanes between 120th Street East and 144th Street East.
• Construct traffic signals at 104th Street East, Rhodes Lake Road East and 120th Street East.

Future phases by Pierce County, depending on traffic growth, will:

• Widen the roadway to 4 to 5 lanes between 104th Street East and 120th Street East.

March 2008

• Engineering: Cascadia Development Corporation is continuing with the design of the initial Phase 1 projects which include: design of the roadway, lighting, traffic signal systems, storm drainage system and stormwater treatment facilities.
  
• Land: Right-of-way plans for the roadway between 104th Street East and 120th Street East were completed in August 2007. Appraisals for the needed property and easements are being completed. Right-of-Way plans are being drafted for the roadway between 120th Street East and 144th Street East.

• Jan. 2006 - Jan. 2010: Finalize Phase 1 design and environmental documentation.
• Aug. 2007 - Jan. 2010: Acquire right-of-way.
• Spring 2008: Cascadia plans to overlay 198th Avenue East (south of 120th Street East only) to support opening of the Cascadia Development.
• Spring 2010: Cascadia Development to begin Phase 1 construction.
• 2010 and beyond: The schedule for future phases has not been determined at this time.

Additional information on these projects can be found in the project newsletters and fact sheets. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader.

• June 2006 Fact Sheet (pdf, 167 KB)
• March 2008 Fact Sheet (pdf, 386 KB)

Contact - Engineering Resources Supervisor
Email: Gregory M. Hess, P.E. (gregory.hess@co.pierce.wa.us) for more information.
Phone: (253) 798-2283

Pierce County Public Works and Utilities
4301 South Pine Street, Suite 446
Tacoma, WA 98409-7207

CRP 5674/5675/5676 | March 2008