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City council greenlights $1.25 million in county match requests for SR 9 roundabout and Jones Street undercrossing
Summary
The council voted to request $500,000 and $750,000 from Skagit County economic development funds to use as matching funds for two state Transportation Improvement Board grants supporting a roundabout and a railroad undercrossing.
The Sedro‑Woolley City Council authorized city staff to apply for two county economic‑development matching grants to support transportation projects.
City Engineer Peter Lane said the city will request $500,000 as a local match to a $3.4 million Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) grant for the SR‑9 Township/John Liner roundabout. The city earlier secured $250,000 from the same county fund; the new request would bring the county match to $750,000 so the city can provide the TIB‑required local share and a small contingency for unforeseen conditions.
Lane also said the city will request $750,000 from the county to serve as match for a separate TIB grant for the Jones/John Liner railroad undercrossing; that TIB award currently stands at about $2.1 million and additional funds are needed to fully fund the project.
Council members asked about scheduling and fiscal impacts. Lane said the roundabout procurement is on a tight schedule with bidding and an aim to complete construction during the summer window; the funding requests are written as grant applications and do not obligate city general fund dollars unless council later approves an award or contract.
The council moved and passed a motion to submit both grant requests; the motion passed with council members voting in the affirmative (recorded in the meeting as an aye vote).
