Washington State Ferries - SR 160 / Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal Trestle & Transfer Span Replacement Project - WSDOT
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Washington State Ferries S R 1 6 0 / F a u n t l e r o y F e r r y Te r m i n a l Tr e s t l e & Tr a n s f e r S p a n R e p l a c e m e n t P r o j e c t Te c h n i c a l A d v i s o r y G r o u p M e e t i n g # 2 July 27, 2021
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Agenda
• Welcome and introductions
• Planning & Environmental Linkages (PEL)
study context
• TAG charter and workplan
• Preliminary Purpose and Need Statement
• Discussion
• Closing and next steps
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Introductions &
Opening Remarks
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Planning and Environmental
Linkages (PEL) Study Context
• Background on PEL
• Alternatives development and screening process
• Relationship to environmental review process
• Questions?
5
New approach to project
development
• Developing a Planning and Environmental
Linkages (PEL) study in partnership with the Who’s involved?
Federal Highway Administration as part of
planning phase
Local,
• Study helps WSF identify transportation State &
issues, environmental concerns, community Public
Federal
values and economic goals early in project Agencies
planning PEL
• Resource links: Tribes,
Resource
• https://wsdot.wa.gov/environment/technical/
Agencies
environmental-planning
• https://www.environment.fhwa.dot.gov/env_i
nitiatives/PEL.aspx
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PEL study milestones
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Early scoping
Preliminary Purpose and Need statement
Range of alternatives to include in PEL study
Screening criteria to evaluate potential alternatives
Preliminary information about existing conditions
Expected timeline: Summer – Fall 2021
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Level 1 Screening
Results of Level 1 Screening
Proposed Level 2 Process, including which
alternatives will be evaluated
Additional information about existing conditions
Expected timeline: Late 2021 – Spring/mid- 2022
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Level 2 Screening
Results of Level 2 Screening
Feedback on path forward and/or additional
analysis given Level 2 screening results
Expected timeline: Spring/Summer 2022 –
early Spring 2023
10PEL Study Report
Recommended path forward, including which
alternative (s) should advance into
environmental review
Expected timeline: Early to Mid-2023
11Technical Advisory Group (TAG)
charter highlights
• Serve in an advisory role in collaboration with WSF
through sharing technical input, ideas and information
throughout PEL study process
• Participate in regular (and most likely virtual) meetings
between now and mid-2023
• Meetings will be recorded for sharing with TAG
members and WSF will provide meeting summaries
• TAG meeting presentations will be published on project
website
12Advisory group workplan will
be iterative throughout PEL
13Preliminary Purpose and Need Statement
Preliminary Purpose and Need
Maintain safe, reliable and efficient
service on SR 160 between West
Seattle and Vashon Island, Southworth,
and communities on the Kitsap
Peninsula and beyond, consistent with
travel and ridership needs.
15Preliminary Purpose and Need
Replace aging terminal structures to
meet current seismic, storm and
tsunami design standards
Parts of terminal are aging, seismically vulnerable and due for replacement
Bridge Seat Trestle Bulkhead
Towers
Transfer Span Terminal Building
16Preliminary Purpose and Need
Raise the elevation of the terminal to
accommodate future sea level rise
• Rising sea levels and
increasing frequency
and intensity of
storms in the future
increase damage to
dock from debris
during high tides
17Preliminary Purpose and Need
Provide operational efficiencies that
maintain or improve on-time performance
while maintaining service levels defined for
the route in the 2040 WSF Long Range Plan
• Today traffic regularly
exceeds the to
terminal holding
capacity and requires
use of shoulder
holding on Fauntleroy
Way SW
18Preliminary Purpose and Need
Improve safety and Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility for
pedestrians, vehicles, and bicycles
• The existing terminal
configuration creates a risk
of collision with all modes
of traffic sharing the same
space for loading
• All modes of traffic also
share space at the
intersection of the terminal
and Fauntleroy Way SW
19Preliminary Purpose and Need
Accommodate ridership forecasted in
the 2040 WSF Long Range Plan
2017 Total 2017
Passengers 2040 Total % Increase 2040 % Increase
Route Segment (vehicles
(walk-on Passengers (walk-on and (vehicles (vehicles
(walk-on and vehicle) and and drivers) and drivers)
and
vehicle) drivers)
vehicle)
Fauntleroy/Vashon 890,800 1,112,000 25% 1,094,400 1,241,600 13%
Fauntleroy/Southworth 356,200 588,900 65% 556,600 663,800 19%
20Project goals
• Meet the 95 percent on-time performance goal for the route
• Accommodate future electrification at the terminal to
charge hybrid electric ferries
• Promote sustainable modes of travel, such as walk-on and
bike-on passengers, and enhance multimodal connections
at the terminal
• Foster social equity and community values
• Minimize impacts to the built and natural environment
• Be technically and economically feasible for WSF to
construct, operate, and maintain
21Discussion: preliminary
Purpose and Need statement
• Do you have input about the core purpose and
need for the project? Is there anything missing?
• What are your thoughts about the project goals for
the project?
22Closing and next steps
• Opportunity for a project site tour
• Next TAG meeting expected in early fall focused on
follow up on purpose and need statement input and
discussion of screening process and criteria
• Broad community engagement later this fall
Questions or comments?
FauntleroyTermProj@wsdot.wa.gov
Project website:
wsdot.wa.gov/projects/sr160/fauntleroy-terminal
23Adjourn
Thank you!
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