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Council hears project‑centric 6‑year TIP; Jones John‑Liner undercrossing, Cascade Trail and roundabout ties highlighted
Summary
City officials presented a project‑focused six‑year Transportation Improvement Program on June 11, spotlighting the Jones John‑Liner railroad undercrossing, Cascade Trail extensions and coordination with state and county projects; no adoption vote was taken at first read.
Sedro‑Woolley — City engineers presented a project‑centric six‑year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) on June 11, describing near‑term and long‑range projects including the Jones John‑Liner railroad undercrossing, Sapp Road hammerhead closures, multiple phases of Jones/John Liner corridor work, and extensions to the Cascade Trail.
City project manager Bill Bullock said the TIP was reformatted to a project‑centric list to better track design and construction phases and to improve grant targeting. He told council that federal and state funding requires TIP inclusion for projects to be eligible for certain grants and that projects may be amended throughout the year if new funding opportunities arise.
Bullock went through priority projects in the first three years: the Jones John‑Liner undercrossing (currently in design and coordinating right‑of‑way with Burlington Northern), Sapp Road undercrossing and hammerhead closures, SR‑9/Cascade Trail Phase 2A (with federal funding obligation planned), and Jones/John Liner arterial improvements and stream/Brickyard Creek crossings. He noted coordination with WSDOT and the county on roundabouts and ramp signalization to tie city pedestrian facilities into regional projects.
The presentation included a reclassification of many older overlay‑centric line items into five citywide programs — citywide street improvements, multimodal gap and rehab, safety/ADA enhancements, minor construction and stormwater retrofits — and an explanation of why some long‑standing projects remain on the TIP as “planned” or on‑deck items.
During the public comment period, residents raised localized concerns about the condition of older concrete residential streets (Talcott, Fourth Street), requested attention to sidewalk repairs and safer pedestrian crossings near schools and bus routes, and asked how the city prioritizes local access roads versus collectors and arterials for state/federal grants. Bullock said most state and federal transportation funds prioritize functionally classified roads and projects that leverage grant dollars, but he also said staff is exploring options to address local access streets using existing city funding strategies.
The council closed the public hearing and asked staff to return with details where requested. Bullock said he would bring back specific project slides as requested. There was no council vote on the TIP at the meeting; the session was a first read and public hearing for the 2026–2031 TIP (Resolution 116425).
