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KITTITAS COUNTY <br />DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS <br />PUBLIC WORKS — BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />STUDY SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />STUDY SESSION DATE: March 8, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grants (INFRA) Notice of Funding <br />Opportunity (NOFO) <br />ACTION REQUESTED: Direct Staff <br />LEAD STAFF: <br />Mark R. Cook <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Do not prepare an application in response to U.S. Department of Transportation's Notice <br />of Funding Opportunity for the Department of Transportation's Infrastructure For <br />Rebuilding America (INFRA) Program for Fiscal Year 2021 <br />BRIEFING SUMMARY: <br />• Infrastructure for Rebuilding America Grants (INFRA) are currently being <br />solicited. <br />• Small projects are minimum $5 million. <br />• Large projects are over $25 million and not exceeding $100 million. <br />• Projects require forty (40) percent funding match by non-federal funds. <br />• Recent cost data from Washington State Department of Transportation indicates <br />$54,000,000 per mile for I-90 (Keechelus Dam to Stampede Pass) and <br />$53,250,000 per mile Stampede Pass to Easton. <br />• Large projects must demonstrate technical feasibility and preliminary design as <br />well as additional environmental permitting and reviews in place. <br />• A benefit cost analysis (BCA) should be provided to determine cost effectiveness. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The current notice of funding for INFRA grants does not preclude planning projects but <br />does notice a preference for construction projects. If we assume fifteen (15) percent of <br />project costs towards engineering (industry standard), then the thirteen (13) miles from <br />Easton to Cle Elum is expected to cost in the range of $105 million to design. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />The amount needed to design the next phase of I-90 will likely exceed the large project <br />funding cutoff for INFRA (over $100 million). Large project applications presume <br />preliminary engineering, environmental impact assessments and permitting, and state and <br />local plan review is complete. The required grant match for $105,000,000 in engineering <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />Public Works "Work Session Staff Report", 2021 <br />