Members of the Federal Way Land Use and Transportation Committee voted Oct. 6 to greenlight the design and construction of multiple neighborhood speed reduction projects up to the maximum budget of $100,000.

During discussion, Federal Way City Council members highlighted that all 13 of the proposed project locations had a high volume of school traffic each day, emphasizing improving safety for youth as an important focus of these projects, according to council members.

The next step in the process is to hold a public meeting for any proposed location that has not already had one, Federal Way Senior Traffic Engineer Jason Kennedy said. Each location will have a public meeting. After this public meeting, a ballot will be sent to residents in the appropriate neighborhoods to vote on the pro

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