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CHAPTER 6: NEXT STEPS WSDOT wilt continue to work closely with the pending local, state and federal funding. County and form an interdisciplinary team of Construction phasing and timelines will be WSDOT engineers, planners, and environmental provided in the NEPA/SEPA documents and specialists to review findings and help guide revised as needed once funding is secured. It the NEPA process. is anticipated public engagement will continue Outreach activities during the environmental through the construction phase. process may include: • Compilation, review, and consideration 6.6 Other Opportunities of public comments received on this for 1-90 in the Study Area feasibility study. In addition to the proposed project, other • Continued coordination with the Yakama short-term solutions can be investigated for and Snoqualmie Tribes, as well as other implementation while environmental and interested Tribes. design activities progress.These solutions are • Outreach to disadvantaged and discussed in Chapter 2, and include: overburdened communities. Maintenance of the STEER I-90 Coalition Intelligent Transportation System • website with up-to-date information and Infrastructure (ITS) updates to the corridor. • Commercial Truck Parking Facilities (public project materials. or private)within or outside of the existing • Online open houses to provide project right of way. progress updates to the surrounding communities and solicit input. • Road safety improvements on County roads Regular briefings with non-governmental, outside of the I-90 Corridor study area. • community organizations and other groups • Continue collaborating with residents to that have requested them. identify short-term methods of managing/ communicating surges of traffic on County roads. 6.5 N EPA Preferred • Work with online mapping services/sources Alternative, Final Design, to discourage traffic re-routing of interstate and Implementation traffic onto County roads not sized or designed for large increases in traffic Following completion of the NEPA and SEPA volumes. documents, and the identification of a Preferred . Passenger rail service to the area, although Alternative, permit applications will be prepared a longer-term solution, can also alleviate and submitted to agencies with jurisdiction, and some traffic congestion along 1-90 corridor the final design will be completed. in the study area. Once funding, design, and approvals are in place, construction of the project can begin, VOLUME I: FEASIBILITY REPORT 1-90 Corridor-Easton to Cie Elum Feasibility Study 1 85