Arlington City staff seek council OK for $4.4 million state grant to build Island Crossing roundabout
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Summary
City staff asked the council to authorize the mayor to accept a $4,400,000 Washington State Transportation Improvement Board grant to fund construction of a roundabout at Island Crossing and Smoky Point Boulevard; design is 90% complete and staff expects to go to bid in September with construction starting in mid-to-late fall.
Jim Kelly, a city staff member, told the council the project has a $4,400,000 grant from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board for a roundabout at Island Crossing and Smoky Point Boulevard and asked the council to authorize the mayor to accept the grant and allow city staff to sign the agreement. "It's taken us many years to find construction funding, and we now have construction funding," he said.
The design for the roundabout reached about 90% completion several years ago, Kelly said; the city installed a temporary span-wire signal at the intersection when congestion became severe. He told council members staff hopes to go to bid in September and begin construction in mid-to-late fall (around October), with an expected construction window of about five months and possible winter delays that could extend work to seven months.
Kelly identified partners on the project as Arlington City, the Stillaguamish Tribe, Snohomish County and "others" who have contributed support. He said the grant administrator has asked whether the grant has been signed and that the grantor expects visible action within four to five months of grant acceptance.
Council members asked scheduling and scope questions. One councilmember asked whether the existing signal at the nearby Highway 9 intersection would remain; Kelly said the cityowned signal at that leg would be removed once the roundabout opens. Tim Abrahamson asked about the granttimeline and Kelly said the grantor wants to see construction start within the first four to five months after acceptance.
No formal recorded vote on authorizing the mayor to accept the grant appears in the transcript; Kelly asked the council to authorize acceptance and to allow appropriate city signatories to execute the grant agreement.
Next steps: staff expects to advertise the project for bids in September and to seek whatever formal council action is needed to accept and sign the grant agreement in advance of procurement.
