City Center Access in Federal Way: By the numbers

The City Center Access project has long been in the works. Here’s a look at the numbers and costs associated with the project.

• 2003: Year the project began

• $525,000: Spent on a feasibility study

• 8: Phases included in the project

• 2: Phase the project is currently in, which includes an environmental assessment

• $3.2 million: Spent so far on phase two

• 47: Traffic solutions initially introduced

• 3: currently considered solutions, including two build and one no-build option, presented in 2005

• 1: Final solution, likely to be Alternative One: South 312th Street, will be chosen

• 16: Residents, business owners and representatives comprise the stakeholder team, which helped narrow the solutions

• 28,000: Motorists currently traveling through the downtown area to Interstate 5 daily

• 2035: The year used to project future traffic estimates in downtown Federal Way

• 4 to 8: Number of homes and properties the city will need to acquire if it chooses to proceed with Alternative One

• $3.5 million to $4 million: Amount the city expects to spend to acquire those properties

• 2010: Expected year of completion for an environmental assessment and year in which property buyouts may begin

• 52: Steel Lake Park’s approximate number of acreage

• 5: Lanes South 312th Street will grow to between 24th Avenue South and 28th Avenue South, if Alternative One is approved by the city council

• 2: Lanes currently dividing the park’s north and south sides

• 2020: Estimated year of completion

• $160 million to $220 million: expected construction costs

• 15 to 20: Number of years to complete the project, depending on when funding is acquired

Source: City of Federal Way

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