02-110 - City of Tukwila et al - Memorandum of Understanding for FAST Corridor

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2. The fast, efficient and reliable movement of freight is vital to the economic health and well -being of the Puget Sound Region, the State of Washington and the nation as a whole. 3. International trade in, out and through the Puget Sound ports, as well as general freight into, out of and within the Puget Sound Region, is experiencing increasing congestion due to more intensive use of transportation corridors, the general growth of freight, and growth in other vehicular traffic of the region. 4. Representatives of the Washington State Department of Transportation, the Puget Sound Regional Council, the ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, King County, Pierce County and Snohomish County, The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Washington Trucking Association, and the cities of Tacoma, Puyallup, Sumner, Fife, Pacific, Algona, Auburn, Kent, Renton, Tukwila, Seattle, and Everett, all located along the Everett- Seattle- Tacoma corridor, have met, discussed, analyzed, reached consensus, and recommended the projects shown in Attachments A and B as an "immediate priority" program of projects that together form the first and second phases of an integrated freight mobility corridor strategy. 5. This integrated freight mobility corridor strategy is consistent with the Puget Sound Regional Council's Metropolitan Transportation Plan (Destination 2030). 6. Ongoing processes to assess statewide freight priority needs have consistently identified the FAST Corridor program as having high priority and statewide impact. 7 Members of the U. S. congressional delegation from Washington State are on record in support of federal funding participation in the FAST Corridor program. 8. Project delivery is a critical aspect of the FAST Corridor Partnership. Many of the FAST Phase I projects are underway, with two projects complete, and -2— FAST Corridor 2002 MOU