RAMP

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RAMP’s mission is to ensure a healthy
regional economy associated with the
development of an effective, efficient
transportation system and the resources
to sustain it.

RAMP was created to:

2011
1. Educate coalition partners on
transportation related investments
impacting the South Sound
State Legislative
2. Provide a unified voice to advocate for
regionally significant transportation
Priorities
investments that promote the continued More information about RAMP, including
economic development of Pierce County our ongoing policy positions, is available on
and the South Puget Sound our blog: www.on-ramp.blogspot.com

RAMP is co-chaired by Pierce County RAMP meets the 1st Wednesday of every
Executive Pat McCarthy, Port of Tacoma month from 8-9 a.m. at the Port of Tacoma’s
CEO John Wolfe and the Tacoma-Pierce Fabulich Center. For more information email
County Chamber President & CEO. chelseal@tacomachamber.org

A coalition of public and private sector

organizations committed to improving
transportation mobility in the South
Puget Sound and Washington State.
REGIONAL ACCESS MOBILITY
PARTNERSHIP
I-5 Pierce County HOV Lane ground breaking,
August 2009 www.on-ramp.blogspot.com
Phone: 253-627-2175
Photo courtesy of WSDOT E-mail: chelseal@tacomachamber.org
2011 State Leg islative Pr ior ities
The Regional Access Mobility Partnership (RAMP ) ⇒ Complete SR 167 ⇒ Build SR 704, Cross-base Highway
continues to identify local, regional, state and
federal funding for critical transportation projects • Complete SR-167 by
in Pierce County. This document describes RAMP’s RAMP advocates
adding the remaining
2011 priorities for the Washington State for continued Lakewood
six miles between
Legislature. construction of
Puyallup (SR 512)
the “Cross-base
Representatives from RAMP are participating in the and Tacoma (SR 509)
Highway”, which
originally envisioned
Transportation partnership and working with other will provide a Spanaway
in the highway’s
stakeholders on the following regional priorities. critical link
design 30 years ago.
between I-5 and the Frederickson employment
⇒ Protect project funding as A completed SR 167 center.
scheduled would enable a Port expansion generating
Improved access to Frederickson is estimated to
upwards of 80,000 new jobs (WSDOT Study,
All projects funded within Pierce County via the support the creation of approximately 17,500
2007) and improve travel time between Puyallup
2003 Nickel package, the 2005 Transportation industrial jobs and promote job creation in the
and Tacoma by 15%, saving 13,915 hours of
Partnership package and the 2009 Recovery and commercial areas between Spanaway and South
travel time and $31 million in saved travel time
Reinvestment Act must be completed as originally Hill.
per year.
scheduled. Priority projects include:
• Fund the second phase of the SR 167 Toll
• I-5 HOV lanes in Pierce County
Feasibility Study. Incorporate conclusions from
• SR-167 completion the Preliminary Findings Study to identify funds
to fill the funding gap for design and
• High speed rail corridor investments construction of the extension.

⇒ Address I-5 congestion

• Allocate funds to reduce congestion choke-
points on I-5 in the vicinity of Joint Base Lewis-
McChord.
• Update project scoping for the extension of the
SR 16 interchange after westbound Nalley Valley
I-5 HOV lanes mega project from S. 38th St. to SR
construction. Photo courtesy of WSDOT
512.
• Begin preliminary project scoping for the ⇒ Extend SR 167 HOV/HOT lanes
Proposed SR 167 and I-5 interchange extension of I-5 HOV lanes from SR 512 to the
Photo courtesy of WSDOT Pierce/Thurston County line. The addition of Begin preliminary scoping to extend HOV/HOT lanes
HOV lanes through this section of the I-5 corridor to the current terminus of SR 167 in Puyallup.
⇒ Fund transit will help mitigate congestion related to Joint ⇒ Improve local revenue sources
Base Lewis-McChord.
Identify dedicated, sustainable funding sources for Strengthen and expand appropriate revenue sources
public transit infrastructure and services. to meet local transportation needs.