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State Transportation Commission
to Meet on
December
12 and 13
Posted
12.08.06
Transportation Commission Office - PO Box 47308 - Olympia, WA 98504-7308
(360) 705-7070
Date: December
8, 2006
| Contact: |
Reema
Griffith, Transportation
Commission
Executive Director,
360.705.7070 |
OLYMPIA – Next
week in Olympia, the Washington
State Transportation Commission
will discuss innovative
transportation partnerships,
ferry financing, and rail
transportation. The Commission’s
regular monthly meeting
starts at 9 a.m. on Tuesday,
December 12 and reconvenes
at 9 a.m. on Wednesday,
December 13. The meeting
will be held at the Transportation
Building, Commission Board
Room, 310 Maple Park Avenue
SE, Olympia, and is open
to the public.
On Tuesday, Washington
State Department of Transportation
staff will present the
agency’s response
to comments received in
November, when the Commission
held a public hearing for
the proposed administrative
rules to implement the
Transportation
Innovative Partnerships
Act.
Passed in 2005, the law
authorizes public-private
partnerships for the development
of transportation-related
projects in Washington.
These partnerships seek
to combine public and private
sector resources to design,
construct and sometimes
finance transportation
projects for the state.
The proposed administrative
rules will provide guidance
over how WSDOT seeks out
and negotiates potential
public-private partnership
agreements. The Transportation
Commission oversees the
program and has final authority
to enter into public-private
partnership agreements
on behalf of the state.
Commissioners will hear
preliminary recommendations
of a Ferry Finance Study
being conducted by the
legislative Joint Transportation
Committee (JTC). The study
is to examine the Washington
State Ferry’s future
operating and capital costs,
as well as ridership and
revenue estimates. A consultant
for the JTC will provide
an overview of the study,
with discussion of ferry
fares, role of the Tariff
Policy Committee and next
steps.
The Commission will be
taking action on their
Statewide
Rail Capacity and Systems
Needs Study.
Cambridge Systematics,
the consulting firm hired
to conduct the study, will
present the draft final
report on Tuesday afternoon
for review and adoption.
The study examined the
current powers, authorities
and interest that the state
has in freight and passenger
rail. It also recommends
policies and guidelines
for state participation
and ownership of rail facilities
and service delivery. The
Commission’s final
report and recommendations
will be delivered to the
legislature in January.
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