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Yelm vs Traffic
In Mayor Harding’s recent State of the City Address, he listed traffic as one of the things that had improved in Yelm in the last year. A recenst study graded the Level of Service, or LOS, of the downtown corridor at a ‘D’, improving from a failing grade of an ‘F’. An ‘A’ would be the highest score.
Has Yelm Traffic improved? Do more streets, more traffic lights, and wider streets improve traffic flow?
Check out this document submitted by a local Educator in August of 2005.
My life is dictated by the ebbs and flow of Yelm traffic. I moved to Yelm in 1986 to escape traffic horrors, even though it meant driving a longer distance to say Tacoma, Puyallup or other areas. These days, I can drive to Tacoma faster than I can drive from McKenna to Southworth Elementary School on Yelm Hwy/Ave
Still sound familiar?
The Loop of Doom - SR 510 Yelm Bypass
The Washington DOT has the status listed as:
“Purchase of right of way needed for the Yelm Loop corridor is funded and will be continuing.
The 2005 Transportation Partnership Project program allocated $33 million to fund the design and right of way for this project. Construction is unfunded.
The Legislature convenes in January 2009 to consider changes to the transportation budget which may include adjustments to some project schedules.”
While the loop/bypass may relive traffic associated with such daily congestion as the high school letting out, is it good for Yelm and Yelm businesses? I imagine it will allow some (more) horrible urban sprawl to form around the loops path, drawing consumers from established small business out to the mini malls and parking lots it will create.
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