On June 24, 2008, the Pierce County Council passed Ordinance No. 2008-28s establishing a new arterial corridor from the east limit of 128th Street East to Falling Water Boulevard East. The purpose of the new arterial corridor is to improve east-west mobility in the plateau area south of Bonney Lake and east of the Puyallup River (referred to as the Orting Plateau). This new corridor would offer a viable alternative to the existing Rhodes Lake Road, which is not designed to accommodate the higher volumes of traffic associated with the new residential and employment growth that is planned to occur on the Orting Plateau.

Corridor Location Map, (PDF, 83.5 KB)

The County Engineer's Report for the establishment was completed on March 28, 2008 and is provided as the following Adobe PDF files:

• Front Cover
• Introduction
• Background
• Required Elements of County Engineer's Report
• Implementation Issues
• Summary of Appendices
• Appendix A: Conceptual Plan and Profile View of the Route
• Appendix B: Preliminary Cost Estimate
• Appendix C: Assumed 2030 Baseline Road Improvements
• Appendix D: Rural Roadway Design Concepts
• Appendix E: Pierce County Executive's Memorandum
• Appendix F: Mitigation Summary
• Appendix G: Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (below)
• Appendix H: Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (below)
• Appendix I: South Plateau Connection Merit and Value Study-Final Draft

The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was released on January 11, 2008 and is provided as the following Adobe PDF files:

• Front Cover
• Table of Contents
• Notice of Availability
• Fact Sheet
• Final EIS Update
• Errata Sheet
• Appendix I
• Appendix J
• Appendix K
• Appendix L
• Appendix M
• Appendix N

The following documents are provided as Adobe PDF files.

• Front Cover
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 1: Summary
• Chapter 2: Developing the Alternatives
• Chapter 3: Built Environment
• Chapter 4: Natural Environment
• Chapter 5: Other Issues to Consider
• Chapter 6: Preferred Alternative
• Chapter 7: Next Steps
• Appendix A: Alternatives
• Appendix B: Traffic
• Appendix C: Noise
• Appendix D: Land Use
• Appendix E: Cultural Resources
• Appendix F: Natural Resources
• Appendix G: Geology
• Appendix H: Hazardous Material
• References

If you have any questions about the information on this web page, please contact:

Jesse Hamashima (jesse.hamashima@co.pierce.wa.us)
Pierce County Public Works and Utilities
Transportation Planning and Programming Division
4301 South Pine Street, Suite 446 | Tacoma, WA 98409-7207

Phone: (253) 798-2760 | Fax: (253) 798-2727