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A MOTION relating to the I-90 Two-Way Transit and HOV Operations project, providing input to the I-90 Steering Committee, the Sound Transit Board, the Washington state Department of Transportation and the Washington state Transportation Commission, recommending that Alternative R-2B be identified as Sound Transit's Locally Preferred Alternative.
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WHEREAS, in November 1996, the voters of the three-county Sound Transit district approved Sound Move, the ten-year regional transit system plan, and
WHEREAS, Sound Transit (formally known as the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority) is proceeding to implement the Sound Move plan, and
WHEREAS, one component of the Sound Move program approved by the voters in 1996 was to provide reliable, two-way transit service on I-90, and
WHEREAS, to meet this goal, Sound Transit empanelled the I-90 Steering Committee to develop recommendations on how to achieve reliable two-way transit service on I-90, and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2003, Sound Transit, the Washington state Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration issued a draft environmental impact statement to satisfy the requirements of both the National Environmental Policy Act and the Washington state Environmental Policy Act, and
WHEREAS, King County has a significant interest and stake in the outcome of the I-90 Two-Way Transit and HOV Operations project, and the metropolitan King County council wishes to provide formal input to the decision-making process of the I-90 Steering Committee, the Sound Transit Board, the Washington state Department of Transportation and the Washington state Transportation Commission to identify the Locally Preferred Alternative;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
A. The metropolitan King County council recommends that Alternative R-2B, which would convert the I-90 center roadway to a two-way facility for transit and carpools only, be chosen by the I-90 Steering Comm...

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