I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project - Open Houses

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) along with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS).

The Final EIS contains information on how WSDOT addressed the comments from the draft EIS, identified a preferred alternative, and updated information on a wide range of environmental and engineering topics, including air quality, water resources, noise, cultural resources, transportation, economics, design challenges, fish and wildlife, and wetlands.

The I-90 project will improve public safety and increase the reliability of a critical 15-mile corridor east of Snoqualmie Pass by straightening roadway curves, stabilizing rock slopes, replacing deteriorating concrete pavement, adding capacity, and improving bridges, culverts, and ecological connections. The completed project, which will reduce road closures due to avalanches, will make the movement of people and goods on this vital cross-state corridor more efficient while preserving and improving the environment affected by the project. Construction is scheduled to begin on the first five miles of the project in 2009.

WSDOT hosted a series of four open houses Sept. 9, Sept. 11, Sept. 16, and Sept. 18, 2008 in Ellensburg, Hyak and Bellevue to discuss the Final EIS's findings.

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