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Woodland council adopts 2026–2031 Transportation Improvement Program with adjustments to local projects
Summary
Council adopted Resolution 803 updating the city’s Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for 2026–2031, adding and removing several local projects and noting the TIP guides grant applications to the Transportation Improvement Board (TIB).
The Woodland City Council adopted Resolution 803 on June 2 to update the city's Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for 2026 through 2031, altering priorities and project listings that the city uses when seeking transportation grants.
City staff described the TIP as the annual list of transportation projects the city uses to pursue grant funding and to indicate which infrastructure is developer-driven. Riley Brunel outlined the changes: removal of the Park Road improvement from the TIP (because the city will address it through a separate engineering and grant process), addition of a connection across the Davidson railroad tracks (Gord to Caples) as an identified future intersection improvement, removal of developer-driven connections—Statesman's Lewis River Road, Spruce Salmon Loop and Insoil Gun Club Loop—until they are dedicated, and adjustments to pavement overlays to reflect work completed in 2025.
Brunel said the Port of Woodland’s initiative to eliminate at-grade rail crossings could make previously planned connections infeasible, prompting removal of a prior Pekin-Wayland industrial connector. The TIP also added resurfacing and sewer-line needs on North Gorg (Atlantic and Lewis River Road) and retained a planned West Wayland–Caples connection for future development.
Council emphasized that projects listed on the TIP are important for scoring grant applications to agencies such as the Transportation Improvement Board and for identifying which infrastructure developers will be expected to construct. The council approved the resolution by voice vote during the meeting; staff noted that projects must be on the TIP to be competitive for many grant programs.
Pacific Avenue was separately identified earlier this year on the list for TIB dollars; the TIP work guides the city's grant strategy for the coming years.
