ORTING TO SUMNER ROAD BLOCK

128th St.E. - SR162 ROUNDABOUT

 

WHY IT WILL BE BLOCKING YOUR WAY

 

The FACTS:

 

  • 2030 PROJECTIONS* INDICATE 1925 VEHICLES PER PM PEAK HOUR WILL BE TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF YOU TO TEHALEH

 

  • THAT IS AN AVERAGE OF 25 VEHICLES PER MINUTE IF THEY COULD CONTINUOUSLY FLOW THROUGH ROUNDABOUT

 

  • THERE WILL NOT BE A CONTINUOUS FLOW DUE TO MERGING, SO THE ROUNDABOUT LANES WILL REMAIN FULL DURING THE PEAK COMMUTING PM HOURS.

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  • YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO MERGE INTO 2 LANES WITHIN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE ROUNDABOUT.....GOOD LUCK

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  • WOULDN’T YOU CALL THAT A ROAD BLOCK?

 

* Projected numbers from 2017 WSDOT approved study of 1925 vehicles per pm peak hour, but increases in current traffic base are greater now then expected.  Increases at the time of the Tehaleh buildout were not provided but we can estimate a significant increase at that time.

PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

 

  • ALL ROUNDABOUT PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS ACROSS SR162 ARE ON THE ORTING SIDE OF THE ROUNDABOUT

 

  • THAT MEANS ADDITIONAL DELAYS TO NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC FROM ORTING DUE TO THESE UNCONTROLLED PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

 

  • FOOTHILLS TRAIL ACCESS FROM TEHALEH WILL MEAN MORE SR162 CROSSINGS

 

  • SIGNALED INTERSECTIONS PROVIDE SAFER, DEDICATED CROSSING TIMES  

 

ROUNDABOUT CONFIGURATION
 

  • LET'S PICTURE YOUR PATH OF TRAVEL NORTH THROUGH THE PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT

 

  • FOLLOW YOUR PATH ON THE ABOVE PROPOSED ROUNDABOUT DRAWING                             STARTING FROM ORTING TO CONTINUE NORTH ON SR162

 

  • YOU MUST CROSS TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC WITHIN ONE QUARTER OF ROUNDABOUT

 

  • THE TWO LANES YOU MUST NEGOTIATE ARE ALREADY FILLED BY VEHICLES ALREADY IN THE          ROUNDABOUT MOVING TOWARD TEHALEH

 

  • REMEMBER, VEHICLES IN THE ROUNDABOUT HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY OVER VEHICLES ENTERING THE ROUNDABOUT

 

  • HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO MERGE SAFELY OR EVEN AT ALL INTO TWO LANES THAT ARE MOVING ONTO 128th St E DESTINED FOR TEHALEH?

 

  • DO YOU BELIEVE THERE WILL BE "CONSIDERATE DRIVERS" WHO WILL LET YOU IN                          AFTER THEY HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO AN HOUR GETTING THIS FAR FROM SR410?

 

  • HOW FAR BACK TOWARD ORTING DO YOU THINK TRAFFIC WILL BACK UP?

 

  • YOUR ONLY WAY NORTH OUT OF ORTING HAS JUST BEEN RESTRICTED, BLOCKED!

 

  • THAT MEANS TRAVELING TOWARD SUMNER IN THE AFTERNOON WILL MIRROR YOUR MORNING COMMUTE TRAFFIC OR WORSE.

 

  • NOW DO YOU SEE WHY WE ARE AGAINST ROUNDABOUTS ON THE SR162 CORRIDOR???

 

  • NOW, CAN THERE BE A GREATER REASON TO GET YOUR CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A STAND AGAINST ROUNDABOUTS ON SR162?

 

  • WE SURE COULD USE YOUR HELP

    • Contact your city council, mayor, city planners and tell them how you feel about this situation NOW.

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    • If you reside south of Orting and currently use SR162 to connect with SR410 or Sumner you should contact WSDOT and the state legislators NOW

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    • Contact information can be found on our PLEASE HELP page. 

 

Thank you for your interest and taking the time to hear us out.  We hope that we are in this TOGETHER.