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T ransportalion <br />Planned Improvements <br />Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program <br />The County's Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is reviewed, updated, and <br />adopted every year. Washington State Law requires counties to develop six-year transportation <br />improvement programs as provided wider RCW 36.81.121. <br />In addition to state laws, federal laws also dictate transportation improvements. It is our objective <br />to meet as many of the needs of the traveling public: county residents, visitors, and service <br />providers, in order to provide a safe and efficient transportation system while recognizing the <br />fiscal realities of funding for construction and maintenance of the transportation system. <br />The Six-Year TIP is updeted every year by the Department of Public Works and changes ore <br />made to reflect funding secured or shifts in priorities. The Annual Construction Program, adopted <br />with the county's budget, provides an accurate picture of the first year of the TIP. <br />New Roads and Planned Extensions <br />The Transportation Plan has a list of proposed new roads or extensions, which have been <br />identified through various planning processes to date. <br />4.6. Financing Transportation Improvements <br />Revenue Sources <br />Revenue sources change annually and are projected and included in the Six-Year Transportation <br />Improvement Program and in the Long-Range Transportation Plan as it is updated. Both of these <br />documents are adopted by reference and should be reviewed for the latest infonnation on tax <br />revenues, grants, and loans available for transportation system improvements. Revenue sources <br />for all programmed improvements are listed in the Transportation Improvement Program and the <br />Long-Range Transportation Plan to indicate that the plans are financially feasible and <br />constrained. <br />4. 7. Public Participation <br />Discussions and decisions related to transportation are not made without active consultation with <br />the public. A variety of forums are used to solicit quality input from a broad cross-section of <br />interests. The Long-Range Transportation Plan has been developed through an intergovernmental <br />coordination process involving all Kittitas County jurisdictions and those agencies and <br />individuals indicating interest in transportation issues including QUADCO Regional <br />Transportation Planning Organization, Washington State Department of Tnmsportation, local <br />area transportation providers, and local citi7.ens. The draft plan has been posted on Kittitas <br />County's website for review and comment by the public :from October 2005 through October <br />2006. Open Houses will be scheduled for further public input in early November, 2006 and a <br />Kittitas County <br />Comprehensive Plan 4.5 <br />December 2016