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surprising that this project did not make the Financially Constrained Mobility list. However, extension of the snow shed may occur. This project falls under another category of the Plan : Economic Initiative Strategies. The cost estimate to extend and widen the shed is $20 -$26 million. About $960 million of the total $1.09 billion worth of Economic Initiative Strategy projects were in the Financially Constrained Plan. This contrasts with the Mobility Strategies, where only about $7 billion of the total $29 billion in improvements could receive funding. Therefore, before 1-695 there was a chance the snow shed project would go forward, but little hope for the widening of 1-90 along the lake. Expanding and widening the snow shed may reduce the number of Pass closures. This action, combined with improvements in communication between residents and WSP, may reduce Pass access problems during the winter. WSDOT should be encouraged to develop a project that becomes part of the State Highway System Plan, probably under the Safety Improvements or Economic Initiative category. This project would provide formal status for resolving the access issue not just for residents, but also for those wishing to access the ski area or cross over the Pass. The only certain thing regarding highway funding is its continued uncertainty. Watch pending referendums and initiatives in this and coming years to keep current on the status of highway funding in the State of Washington. 6.1.4 Goals and Objectives Goal: Provide for transportation methods which are safe and serve the residential, recreation, cultural, economic and emergency needs of the area while reducing internal automobile travel and encouraging pedestrian, bicycle and ski circulation within the community. Objectives: 1. Adequate circulation for residents should be provided, even during times of heavy visitor traffic. 2. All transportation corridors, from walkways to roadways should take into account the safety aspects of falling and accumulating snow. 3. Parking along SR 906 should be controlled and coordinated to increase pedestrian safety. Additional off-street parking alternatives should be identified and implemented. 4. The availability of remote or new parking areas should be analyzed, including: a. Shuttle from Bandera; b. Denny Creek campground; and, c. Asahel Curtis picnic area with chairlift/gondola to area of Surveyors lake/ radio tower, connecting to top of Silver Fir. d. Additional ski area parking lots. Kittitas County Comprehensive Plan December 2016