As a follow-up to the blog entry I posted in the e-mail below I have further information that is appropriate to post to the blog. There is now talk of widening Military Road up the hill by us (Sunrise Terraces) to 4 lanes (initially 3 lower down the hill near SR 162 but as the road climbs widen to 4 lanes). I pointed out this sounds like an eminent domain situation for Sunrise Terraces homes ON Military Road or some of those that back up to it due to needing room for 4 lanes. I definitely think this should be of interest to Sunrise Terraces residents and urge them to get involved with the SR162Traffic.org group.
This map shows projects Pierce County is planning to be done by 2040 — of particular note is C-5 (Military Road up the hill by Sunrise Terraces) and D-1, D-2 and D-3 which is the new road from Tehaleh to SR 162 at 128th. In addition C-3 is of interest since it is a continuation of the widening that was done further up Shaw Road to continue south along 122nd Ave E (3 lanes just like was done for segment of Shaw Road north of us).
This is the detailed map for C-5 (Military Road widening) – take note of projected volume up Military Road in 2015 vs what is projected by 2040 (e.g., due to Tehaleh):
The SR 162 group (SR162Traffic.org) is also trying to get the County to look at extending 128th from SR 162 up the hill to intersect with 122nd Ave E at 144th St E (going at a diagonal up hill from 128th to 144th) to take some pressure off of Military Road but that isn’t in any plan as of yet.
I’ve expressed to the SR 162 group that Military Road up the hill by us is very dangerous for residents who live on Military Road and those trying to enter/exit side streets such as 133rd, 136th, 138th and will get much worse when Tehaleh opens the new 5-lane highway connecting those 9,500 residences to SR 162 at 128th since they’ll use Military Road to get to Puyallup and South Hill. A new road up the hill from 128th wouldn’t have homes on it nor side streets off of it which would make it much more safe vs. Military Road.