Title: I-5 - JBLM Area Improvements - Congestion Relief Study | WSDOT
Headings: I-5 - JBLM Area Improvements - Congestion Relief Study
I-5 - JBLM Area Improvements - Congestion Relief Study
Why is there so much congestion?
What is WSDOT doing about it?
Implementation characteristics that were evaluated and scored include:
The proposed future phase would include:
Build Alternative & Environmental Studies
Why are studies needed?
What will the completed study include?
Cost Estimate
What is happening in the mean time?
Financial Information
How can I get more information?

Content: I-5 - JBLM Area Improvements - Congestion Relief Study | WSDOT
I-5 - JBLM Area Improvements - Congestion Relief Study
On May 23, 2017, the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued a Finding Of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Interstate 5 JBLM Congestion Relief Project. On October 4, 2016, WSDOT published an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the I-5 - JBLM Vicinity Congestion Relief Project. The EA contains the results of our studies on how this project may affect the environment. The comment period for the environmental assessment was October 17 - November 22, 2016. The $495 Million I-5 Mounts Road to Thorne Ln I/C - Corridor Improvements project was included in the Connecting Washington transportation-revenue package, approved by the Washington State Legislature in July 2015. Why is there so much congestion? Interstate 5 is a national highway of strategic importance. It moves goods and people between two borders and links major cities. It is a critical corridor for military use. Over the past several years, traffic has increased along the entire I-5 corridor, and nowhere has that increase been more noticeable than in south Pierce County through the Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) vicinity.