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Award Purpose: The project will fund improvements to Terminal 5 at the Port of Seattle. The project consists of four components.

Component 1 is design related to the cargo container storage yard. In Component 3, Component 2 is the construction of a new truck gate complex that will relocate the existing gate lanes and expand the number of lanes equipped with truck scales. Component 3 is the construction of a cargo container storage yard that will demolish an unused warehouse and repurpose the land for container sorting and storage. Component 4 is the administrative and legal support work to manage the three components described above.

Deliverables: The project comprises the next step in NWSAS continued enhancement of Terminal 5 at the Port of Seattle and consists of the following components.

Component 1: Design engineering for cargo container storage yard. Create plans and specification documents for the purpose of constructing the cargo container storage yard. Design includes ensuring project adherence to all local agencies permit requirements, such as preparing project documents to submit to local permitting agencies, responding to local agency reviews, and reaching permit issuance. Design milestones include 30 percent, 60 percent, 90 percent, and 100 percent bid ready documents prepared by a qualified designer engineer. The design scope of work also includes providing construction estimates at project milestones, hosting design reviews for project partners at project milestones, and providing design support during construction to respond to contractor requests for information and to review and approve contractor submittals and change orders to confirm compliance with project requirements and objectives. Other activities include investigatory field work to support design, such as surveying, geotechnical investigations, soil and water sampling, and characterization analysis to determine soil disposal and dewatering requirements during construction.

Component 2: Construction of a new truck gate complex. Work under this project component will construct a new truck gate complex with twelve new inbound gate lanes. This will increase the capacity to process export loads by expanding the number of lanes with scales from six to eight, with the ability to add four scales in the future if needed. This component will double the on-terminal truck queueing capacity from 100 to 200 trucks by constructing 930-foot gate queue lanes inside the terminal. This project component includes:

- New inbound truck gate infrastructure for 12 930-foot gate queue lanes at the Terminal 5 entrance, doubling the on-terminal queueing capacity from 100 to 200 trucks.
- The construction of the communications and scanning infrastructure pedestals at each lane. The pedestals are needed to mount the terminal's existing communications and scanning equipment. The existing communications and scanning equipment process inbound trucks and relay the truck information to the terminal's already in-use operating system.
- The construction of infrastructure scale pits in each of the 12 lanes to support the installation of scales.
- Installation of eight scales to be installed through a construction phasing plan to allow the terminal to remain operational during construction.
- Purchase and installation of new restrooms for truckers.
- Pavement striping for a new trouble area outside the queuing area for trucks without adequate credentials to prevent backups in the queue.
- Associated utilities and stormwater infrastructure to support improvements.
- Demolition of the current gate infrastructure.

Component 3: Construction of a cargo container storage yard. This component will increase the on-terminal container yard storage capacity by approximately six acres. The component will redevelop six acres on-terminal to increase cargo container handling capacity and add flexibility for the handling and staging of export cargo containers. The expansion will be achieved by demolishing outdated warehouse facilities and repurposing the area for the cargo container storage and sorting. The project component includes:

- Demolition of an obsolete warehouse.
- Paving approximately six acres to cargo container storage load standards.
- An improved connection to the existing cargo container yard that requires removal of two to three existing fuel stations.
- Stormwater infrastructure, utility, and other infrastructure to support improvements, including perimeter fencing and high mast lighting.

Component 4: Administrative and legal. Manage the day-to-day grant administration activities. This includes, but is not limited to, subrecipient oversight, review and processing of claims, overseeing and submitting quarterly progress reports, and managing grant modifications as necessary.

Deliverables: All within economic competitiveness, average daily truck traffic, number of trucker per day using the facility, travel time savings, truck on-terminal turn times at the facility, gross tons (tons of cargo) exported through the facility.

Intended Beneficiary: Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA).

Subrecipient Activities: None.

The Northwest Seaport Alliance

20.823 - Port Infrastructure Development Program

Maritime Administration (MARAD) [DOT]

Tacoma, Washington 98401-2985 United States

Single Zip Code

None

Infrastructure $1,750,000 (10%) percent this Project Grant was funded by the 2021 Infrastructure Act.