The Executive Board approved projects to receive PSRC's Jobs Access Reverse Commute and New Freedom funds.

The program of 17 special needs transportation projects will receive $2.5 million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funding. These projects are designed to provide transportation service, create or maintain an infrastructure for coordinated planning, or provide training and educational resources for individuals with special transportation needs. A complete list of the 17 projects and detailed project descriptions are available online at http://www.psrc.org/boards/advisory/specialneeds/specneeds.htm.

For more information, contact Benjamin Brackett at bbrackett@psrc.org or 206-389-2162.

The Executive Board approved funding for six projects via the 2007 funding for the Rural Town Centers and Corridors program.

PSRC issued a call for projects for funding available through the Rural Town Centers and Corridors program. After technical evaluation and scoring, six projects emerged as the most effective use of this funding. The projects are City of Carnation's SR 203/Tolt Avenue Redevelopment Plan, City of Duvall's SR 203/Main Street Reconstruction, Kitsap County's Miller Bay Corridor Suquamish Safe Route to School Construction, City of Buckley's SR 165 and Ryan Road Realignment Project, City of Eatonville's SR 161: Lynch Street to Mashell River, and City of Sultan's Phase III Realignment of Sultan Basin Road with US 2.

For more information, contact Karen Richter at 206-464-6343 or krichter@psrc.org.

The Executive Board approved submittal of three transportation enhancements projects to the Washington State Department of Transportation and distribution of funds from cancelled enhancements projects to nine additional projects.

The three priority projects that would be submitted to WSDOT for enhancements funding are the last link of the Issaquah Regional Trail System, multimodal improvements on Pacific Highway - Gravelly Lake Road to Bridgeport Way in Lakewood, and Safe Wildlife and Community Mobility through Novelty Hill Transportation Improvement Project. The nine projects recommended for redistributed enhancement funds are the Suquamish Tribe's archeological sensitivity model for Kitsap County, the extension of the Mosquito Fleet Trail in Kitsap County at Miller Bay Road, the extension of the Centennial Trail in Snohomish, nonmotorized transportation improvements on West Marine View Drive in Everett, historic rehabilitation of the Spanish Steps in Tacoma, Cultural Resource Protection phase two in King County, the High Point to Preston Trail on I-90, phase two of Lynnwood's Heritage Park, and enhancements to SR 99 in Edmond's International District.

For more information, contact Karen Richter at 206-464-6343 or krichter@psrc.org.

The Executive Board designated Redmond Overlake as a Regional Growth Center.

The City of Redmond requested Regional Growth Center Designation for the Overlake area. The area was previously designated as a Manufacturing/Industrial Center, but the city envisions the area for housing, retail and office based employment growth.

For more information, contact Yorik Stevens-Wajda at (206) 389-2158 or ystevens@psrc.org.

In other business, the Executive Board: