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Grant Funding for Portland Avenue Vision Zero Project

November 30, 2023

City of Tacoma Awarded $2 Million in Grant Funding for Portland Avenue Vision Zero Project in District 4

The City of Tacoma’s Public Works Department recently received a $2,119,250 grant from the Puget Sound Regional Council’s (PSRC) Transportation Alternatives Program to identify and design safety improvements, enhance pedestrian and bicycle connections, and provide better access to public transit on Portland Avenue from East 27th to East 56th Street. The Portland Avenue Vision Zero Project received the highest score in PSRC’s regional Transportation Alternatives Program competition.

Details: Published: 02 December 2023; Hits: 50

Foothills Trail White River Bridge Span

New trail bridge will cross the White River

Details: Published: 27 August 2023; Hits: 457

Tacoma To Sell Rail Line

At its Feb. 28 council meeting the Tacoma City Council approved an agreement to sell part of its Tacoma Rail line!

This leaves the future of a Tacoma to Mount Rainier trail outside of city control.

The Mountain Division line is operated by Tacoma Rail, a public utility that is owned by the City of Tacoma.

Tacoma Rail has 65 customers on 136 miles of track in three operating divisions, one being the Mountain Division. Rainier Rail, a short-line railroad operating in southwestern Washington, purchased the Mountain Division line for $2.21 million.

The Mountain Division extends from Tacoma through Frederickson, where it splits with one line from Eatonville to Morton, and another to McKenna. The Mountain Division contains a part of the Pierce County planned trail system from Tacoma to Mount Rainier.

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