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Bethany Boulevard project completed in 2014
Washington County Capital Project List
The Capital Project List included as Appendix C to this Users’ Guide identifies transportation improvement project
“candidates” that respond to identified transportation needs, along with associated order-of-magnitude costs for each
project. An identified transportation improvement remains a project candidate until it has been funded, after which
it becomes a “project.” The Capital Project List in Appendix C represents a snapshot in time based on current as-
sumptions. The timeframe associated with each candidate project is derived from the 2014 Regional Transportation
Plan project list, in which candidates were assigned a “time bucket” for modeling and funding target purposes. While
the Capital Project List conveys a sense of which projects would be particularly beneficial in addressing the County’s
transportation needs, it is not a prioritization tool. It is possible that candidates not on this list may become priorities
in the future, while some candidates on this list may become less important and ultimately not pursued. In Washington
County, transportation project prioritization and selection occurs through the various funding programs. For example,
Major Streets Transportation Improvement Program (MSTIP) projects are selected through a collaborative, public pro-
cess by the Washington County Coordinating Committee and the Board of Commissioners.

The TSP Capital Project List focuses on projects in which Washington County has transportation and/or land use juris-
diction, as well as a small number of additional projects that have been identified as important County priorities. Specifi-
cally, the list includes:
• Projects on County roadways in the unincorporated area (urban and rural),

• Projects on County roadways within cities,
• Projects on state highways in the unincorporated area,
• Trail projects in the unincorporated area (both within and outside of the Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District),
• Transit projects in the unincorporated area,

• Washington County sponsored projects on the Regional Transportation Plan project list that do not other-
wise meet the above criteria, and

• Regional-scale projects in which the County has made a funding commitment and that do not otherwise
meet the above criteria (such as Southwest Corridor project development).

The Capital Project List does not include projects on city roadways or on trails wholly within cities, nor does it include all
of the projects on the 2014 Regional Transportation Plan project list located within Washington County. The TSP Modal
Element maps depict an ultimate complete system that will be implemented gradually through capital projects and
private development. The County reserves the right to “condition” right-of-way dedications and half-street improvements
during development review based on designations shown on the TSP Modal Element maps, regardless of whether a
particular road segment is included in the Capital Project List.

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