REMOVE VEHICLES FROM SR162

As Currently Planned, East/West Tehaleh Traffic Will Travel SR162 to Military Road

To Reach South Hill Puyallup

 

THIS PUTS OVER A THOUSAND VEHICLES EACH HOUR ONTO SR162 CREATING NEW BACKUPS

 

There Is A Solution!  An Alternate Corridor is Needed

 

EXTEND 128th St E (Tehaleh highway) TO SOUTH HILL

 

 

OUR PROPOSAL 

• Proposal would remove over 1000 vehicles per hour from SR162 during evening commute

• Extension of 128th St E from SR162 to 122nd Ave E on Puyallup South Hill

• Provides A direct route for Tehaleh plateau east-west travels to/from South Hill

• New corridor would scale undeveloped hillside without displacing residents

• Hillside road would probably connect with 144th St E at 134th Ave E

• 144th St E provides an east/west connection to South Hill arterials

• Provides a more even disbursement of traffic entering South Hill transportation network

• Reduces east-west Tehaleh traffic on Military Road

• Provides an east/west route to SR161 businesses

         (SEE MAP OF OUR NEW CORRIDOR PROPOSAL HERE)

 

COUNTY ACTION TAKEN

• Pierce County and WSDOT are conducting a study for a new east/west corridor from SR162 to I-5 with WSDOT is the lead agency 

• Pierce County has performed a computer model for extending 128th St E at SR162 to the South Hill plateau

  • That model had favorable results

  • This may make the extension of 128th St E a viable option for the larger east/west corridor study

• Pierce County is also doing a study on Military Road improvements

  • The new design would increase capacity while allowing for access to residents

  • The cost/benefit ratio does not look good unless another corridor is opened

  • See County Military Road improvement design HERE

 

HISTORY OF NEW TEHALEH HIGHWAY DECISION

PIERCE COUNTY COUNCIL PASSED ORDINANCE NO 208-28s IN JUNE OF 2008 

• ORDINANCE called for the establishment of a new arterial corridor from Tehaleh (and Falling Waters) to 128th St E and SR162

• PURPOSE was to improve east-west mobility for the Orting Plateau (Tehaleh/Falling Waters developments)

• MILITARY ROAD was considered the east-west link west of SR162 for plateau traffic (putting over 1000 vehicles per hour onto SR162 destined for South Hill Puyallup via Military Road)

 

IMPACTS TO SR162 TRAFFIC

• SR162 traffic will bottleneck at this one mile corridor as Tehaleh traffic connects to Military Road to South Hill Puyallup
• Over two thousand vehicles will be using this east/west corridor each day linking Tehaleh to South Hill Puyallup
• Heavy left turn traffic at 128th St E and at Military Road on this section of SR162 causing further delays in traffic movement

 

IMPACTS TO MILITARY ROAD

• 2018 Pierce County AADT (Annual Average Daily Traffic) Report

  • In last 5 years 60% increase in amount of traffic on Military Road west of SR162

  • Traffic on this corridor increasing annually WITHOUT added Tehaleh traffic

 

• Projected Military Road peak hour traffic numbers (increase from Tehaleh traffic)

  • 2,606* vehicles per peak commuting hour traveling UP and DOWN Military Road

    • Currently 955* vehicles both directions

  • 1,319* vehicles per peak commute hour UP (westbound) Military Road

    • Currently 505* vehicles Up 

  • 1,287* vehicles per peak commute hour DOWN (eastbound) Military Road

    • Currently 450* vehicles Down

 

• SR162/Military Road Intersection

  • Increase in the number of left turns northbound on SR162

  • Causing further delays to north/south SR162 travel times

 

• Access/Egress to Military Road by surrounding residents

  • Volume will prevent entry from driveways and adjacent residential streets

    • If a roundabout is installed on SR162 this scenrio will worsen

 

         * 2018 Transportation Discipline Report - figure 4-9

         * 2017 Tehaleh EBPC Phase 2 SEIS - figure 3-5