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CHAPTER 2: RANGE OF ALTERNATIVES <br />There is a clear demand and necessity for <br />additional truck parking. Integrating such <br />facilities into any of the identified 1-90 <br />alternatives or developing them as standalone <br />projects in collaboration with local public <br />agencies or private entities would be highly <br />beneficial. Currently, ongoing efforts are being <br />made to address this specific concern by <br />various public agencies: <br />• WSDOT is currently evaluating potential <br />opportunities to expand truck parking at <br />safety rest areas and commercial vehicle <br />inspection sites along Interstate 5 and <br />Interstate 90. <br />analysis of sites adjacent to Interstate 90 <br />near North Bend. <br />• The Washington State Freight Mobility <br />Strategic Investment Board (FMSIB), in <br />consultation with WSDOT, is developing <br />an implementation plan for truck parking <br />solutions' FMSIB designated strategic <br />freight corridors in 2023 and will soon <br />begin prioritizing these corridors and <br />addressing related issues, which may <br />include the development of truck parking <br />facilities. <br />Passenger Rail <br />• WSDOT is coordinating with local <br />The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) <br />governments, ports, and private entities <br />is currently conducting a rail study which <br />in developing recommendations for state <br />is reevaluated discontinued long distance <br />assistance in the development of private <br />passenger rail service in the United States. <br />truck parking sites, including a feasibility <br />As part of this study, a stakeholder group <br />1 https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-VIannm,+/statewide-i.,..—,,i.;g... I vans <br />VOLUME I: FEASIBILITY REPORT 1-90 Corridor Easton to Cle Elunn Feasibility Study 1 26 <br />