Why was a replacement bridge selected instead of keeping the existing bridges and building a supplemental bridge?
Technical findings in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) show that a replacement river crossing would provide greater congestion relief, more traffic capacity, safer highway features, greater improvements for bicyclists and pedestrians, safer river navigation, have less community effects on Hayden Island, and better accommodate future waterfront development compared to the supplemental crossing. The six local project sponsors considered these findings along with the Task Force recommendation and about 1,600 public comments when they selected a replacement bridge as part of the project’s Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) in July 2008.
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