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About King County’s Road Capital Improvement Program
Capital Improvement Program Project Selection
As a public agency the Road Services Division (RSD) owns and maintains a vast inventory of roads and bridges in unincorporated King County. When a road needs something more than routine maintenance, for example added lanes, safety features or better drainage, a project is created and added to the RSD’s Capital Improvement Program (CIP). This CIP is reviewed annually, but adopted as a collection of projects over a six-year period. The division’s goal is to provide timely and efficient improvements designed to ensure safety and address the transportation needs of individual communities. The division also considers factors such as population and employment forecasts to ensure that improvements will be adequate for at least 20 years and are consistent with the county’s adopted comprehensive plan.
Transportation Needs Report (TNR) lists all the identified needs and summarizes the priority ranking. Priorities for capital improvements are determined by processes associated with the program identifying the specific need. The The priority processes used by the Road Services Division to rank projects include Capacity, HAL / HARS, Bridges, Short-Span Bridges, Guardrail, Traffic Signals, Pedestrian, ITS, Vulnerable Road Segments, Small-Scale Operational Roads, and Intersections. Descriptions of each of these priority systems can be found in the TNR Appendix.
Overall program funding decisions for the CIP are primarily guided by policies in the Transportation Chapter of the King County Comprehensive Plan.
Financial planning and policy overview
The six-year Capital Improvement Program is primarily financed by the County Road Fund generated as part of the property tax paid by citizens in King County, various state and federal transportation grants, and
developer mitigation payments. The program is funded with 72% coming from the County Road Fund, 19% coming from grants, 6% from
developer mitigation payments and 3% from miscellaneous sources. The division strives to identify savings through efficiencies and increased productivity and to identify new sources of revenue.
Contact information
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Specific projects in the
Capital Improvement Projects database
have a contact name and number at the beginning of the project description.
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For general comments or questions about the Roads CIP, or for
questions about reports please contact Jennifer Lindwall by telephone at
206-296-3745 or by e-mail.
Other links
Updated: Feb. 26, 2008
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