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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2014
Vol. CXXIII, No. 195
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices
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City awards $1.8M contract to re-align streets near campus Article By Todd Matthews, Editor Image Courtesy City of Tacoma Tacoma City Council Tuesday awarded a $1.8 million contract for a public works project that aims to make it a little easier to navigate the streets of downtown near the University of Washington Tacoma (UWT) campus. For anyone familiar with the area, South 17th Street is cut off between Broadway and South Commerce Street by a small greenspace, forcing cars and pedestrians to head south on Broadway for a half-block, then backtrack a half-block north on Jefferson Avenue, before reconnecting to South 17th Street. According to a report prepared by City of Tacoma staff, UWT officials approached City officials to discuss the idea of turning South 17th Street into a through street. After a series of meetings, a re-alignment was proposed that would connect the two segments of South 17th Street, preserve a portion of the existing greenspace, and terminate Jefferson Avenue at Broadway. The two groups drafted an agreement whereas the City would manage the project, and UWT would pay for the project. When completed, the project will extend South 17th Street from Broadway to Commerce Street; re-align the intersection of Jefferson Avenue, Broadway, and South 17th Street; improve pedestrian amenities; construct a reinforced concrete wall, new sidewalk, bulb-outs, and ADA ramps; remove and replace asphalt and concrete pavements; and add new channelization, crosswalks, street lights, and a raised mid-block crossing, according to a legal notice published earlier this year in the Tacoma Daily Index. The project will also include significant utility work, such as a new storm drain system; a 60-inch diameter storm transmission segment; and a water supply main replacement. In December, Tacoma City Council approved a resolution allowing the City to enter into a development agreement with UWT (see "South 17th Street re-alignment CONTINUED planned near UW TacoON PAGE 2 ma," Tacoma Daily Index,
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