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Snoqualmie Pass is a year-round recreation destination for the Seattle metropolitan area and <br />Puget Sound Region. The public demand for outdoor recreational amenities and services at <br />Snoqualmie Pass has grown exponentially in recent years. Kittitas County is the third fastest <br />growing county in Washington State with a population increase of nearly 50 percent in the past <br />twenty years. Population growth has spurned development at Snoqualmie Pass, capitalizing on <br />increased public demand for mountain recreation estimated at 30,000 visitors on a winter peak <br />day. This increased use has created conflicts between pedestrian, bike, passenger car and <br />commercial truck traffic. Snoqualmie Pass lacks a safety action plan and increased incidents of <br />collisions, injury and death are expected. Existing infrastructure is outdated, and capital <br />investment needs surpasses available resources. Kittitas County and dozens of stakeholders <br />(federal, state, local and private) are partnering to complete a Snoqualmie Pass Comprehensive <br />Safety Action Plan to guide priority transportation safety improvements at Snoqualmie Pass, to <br />minimize future injuries and deaths resulting from increasing multimodal uses. This plan will <br />address existing and emerging safety deficiencies, using a Complete Streets approach to avoid <br />future injury and deaths. A holistic approach combining public and private problem solving will <br />ensure financial sustainability for the Snoqualmie Pass economy and businesses while <br />minimizing risks to public safety. The Snoqualmie Pass Comprehensive Safety Action Planwill <br />address parking, pedestrian, bicycle, commercial trucking, transit, micromobility, personal <br />conveyance, and passenger car conflicts, along with necessary circulation improvements. <br />Missing datasets will be collected and evaluated; ranking criteria will be developed; <br />implementation actions will be identified, prioritized, and incorporated into public and private <br />capital facility plans as financial capacity allows. The completed Plan will inform subsequent <br />implementation grant applications, to fund critically needed transportation improvements at <br />Snoqualmie Pass which will lead to improved safety for all at Snoqualmie Pass. <br />