Spring 2019

Puget Sound Gateway Program

SR 509 Completion Project – Stage 1b
Project Overview
The SR 509 Stage 1b is the first major stage of the SR 509 Completion Project, Stage 1b
located in King County in the cities of Des Moines, Kent and SeaTac. WSDOT plans to
complete construction of the SR 509 Completion Project in two major stages by 2028.
When completed, the project will extend the existing four-lane SR 509 freeway from
the SR 509/South 188th Street interchange in SeaTac, connecting to I-5 with a new
interchange in the vicinity of South 212th Street. The project also builds approximately
four miles of improvements along I-5 from I-5/ SR 509 interchange to the I-5/S. 272nd
Street interchange. The SR 509 Completion Project will be a fully tolled facility based on
legislative toll authorization in 2019.
The SR 509 Completion Project is a component of the Puget Sound Gateway Program,
Project limits: SR 509/South 188th
which also includes the SR 167 Completion Project.
Street to the vicinity of I-5 and South
272nd Street
Preliminary Project Goals
While final Project Goals have yet to be determined, the following preliminary goals Design-Build
represent factors that WSDOT believes will be critical to successful Project delivery:
Contract Amount
1. Project Management $350-400M
Through effective project management, provide a successful design-build project
by collaborating with WSDOT, Sound Transit, stakeholders, local agencies, and local
Key Personnel*
communities to efficiently resolve issues at the project level.
• Project Manager
2. Minimize Impacts
Develop and implement a project that reduces, minimizes, or eliminates construction • Construction Manager
and traffic-related impacts to the traveling public and local communities and • Design Manager
businesses.
• Inclusion Manager
3. Effective Start-Up, Close-Out, and Quality Management Plans
*Key personnel list is preliminary
Implement a well-planned and managed project schedule that proactively addresses
and subject to change.
project start-up and close-out issues.
4. Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation
Collaborate with WSDOT to meet or exceed DBE participation requirements for this
project. Develop and implement a plan to recruit, forecast, track, actively manage,
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and report progress on commitments for DBE participation for the life of the Information
contract.
Susan Everett, P.E.
Given federal funding participation, the contract will have specified Disadvantaged
Business Enterprises (DBE) participation goals as a condition of award, and associated Project Manager
compliance requirements within the contract. SR 509 Completion Project
(206) 805-5422
Procurement Schedule* [email protected]
www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) September 2019 SR509/completion
Request for Proposal (RFP) January 2020
Bid opening/Apparent Best Value July 2020
Construction Start Late 2020
Open to Traffic Summer 2025
* Dates are approximate and subject to change.
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Project Scope – I-5: SR 516 to 212th Vicinity Quantities and Cost

and SR 509: I-5 to 28th/24th ITEMS (APPROX. % OF UNITS APPROX.
SR 509 Completion Project Stage 1b includes: CONSTRUCTION COST) QUANTITY

• Constructing the SR 509 mainline from I-5 to the 28th/24th EARTHWORK (5-10%)
Avenue S. interchange, including the ramps to 28th/24th EXCAVATION CY 1,000,000
Avenue S, a toll point on SR 509 and constructing the BORROW CY 330,000
northbound SR 509 undercrossing tunnel of I-5
PAVEMENT (5-10%)
• Reconstructing the SR 516 interchange (includes constructing PCCP CY 30,000
the new Veterans Drive undercrossing of I-5)
HMA (INCL. OVERLAY) TON 74,000
• Constructing a northbound auxiliary lane from I-5/SR 516 DRAINAGE (5-10%)
interchange to the new I-5/SR 509 interchange
CONVEYANCE MILES 4
• Constructing a southbound auxilliary lane from S 200th
STORMWATER EA 8
interchange on-ramp to the SR 516 off-ramp
TREATMENT SITES
• Constructing the new southbound collector distributor from SPECIALTY ITEMS (10-15%)
the I-5/SR 509 interchange to the I-5/SR 516 interchange
RETAINING WALLS (CUT) SF 91,000
• Reconstructing the 216th Street bridge RETAINING WALLS (FILL) SF 26,000
• Restoring S. 208th Street’s connection to SR 99 NOISE WALLS SF 50,000
• Constructing approximately 34,000 square feet ROADSIDE ACRE 60
of new bridge RESTORATION
TRAFFIC ITEMS (10-15%)
SIGN STRUCTURES EA 16
TOLL POINT EA 1
STRUCTURES (10-15%)
NEW BRIDGES EA 2
BRIDGE WIDENING SF 5,500
TUNNEL (UP TO 800 LF) EA 2