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RENTON TRANSPORTATION BENEFIT DISTRICT
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF 2025 ANNUAL REPORT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council is issuing the Renton Transportation Benefit
District 2025 Annual Report to the Renton residents.
The Renton Transportation Benefit District (RTBD) was created on August 14, 2023. The creation
of the RTBD established the boundaries as the entire City of Renton as it currently existed or any
adjustments to the boundaries in the future. In December of 2023 the City Council authorized the
RTBD to collect one tenth of one percent sales tax for a period of 10 years.
Revenues from this tax are to be dedicated for the purpose of ongoing transportation
improvements that preserve, maintain, and as appropriate, construct or reconstruct the
transportation infrastructure of the City of Renton.
The RTBD is governed by the City of Renton Council. The RTBD began receiving sales tax receipts
in April 2024.
2025 FINANCIAL REPORT
2025 Financial Summary of the RTBD activity (as of 12/31/25):
Sales Tax and Investment Income $4,415,913
Total Revenues $4,415,913
Street Overlay Program $804,323
116th Ave SE Sidewalk 362,550
Walkway Program 19,594
Total Expenditures $1,186,467
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2026 TBD FUNDED PROJECTS
Below are the projects scheduled to utilize RTBD funding in 2026:
STREET OVERLAY PROGRAM
Scope: This program funds resurfacing and other pavement preservation treatments for city
streets and alleyways. In 2024 and 2025, this program provided for the application of Type II slurry
seal across 12.2 miles at over 100 sites across Renton and design work for the annual pavement
preservation program.
The 2026 Overlay Program delivers 5.7 miles of slurry seal applications and 2.41 miles of asphalt
overlay. The major items of work include the removal of the top layer of existing asphalt, subbase
repairs, the placement of new hot-mix-asphalt pavement, and the installation of new roadway
markings.
Schedule: Design and Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2026.
TBD Funding: $3,880,000 (design and construction)
This picture shows Doolittle
Construction using a
specialized truck to pour slurry
seal over the road surface.
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116TH AVE SE SIDEWALK PROJECT
Scope: This project will install sidewalk, curb and gutter, drainage, curb ramps, and rectangular
rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) crossings along 116th Ave SE from SE 162nd St to SE 160th St.
Schedule: Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2026.
TBD Funding: $637,450 (Construction)
After the mixture is poured onto the
road surface, workers use
squeegees to spread it evenly.
This picture shows the
existing conditions along
116th Ave SE. Sidewalk will
be installed and the ditch
on the left will be replaced
with a piped stormwater
drainage system.
NE 24th STREET SIDEWALK PROJECT
Scope: This project will install sidewalk, curb and gutter, drainage, curb ramps, streetlights and
bulb-outs along NE 24th Street from Aberdeen Avenue NE to Blaine Avenue NE.
Schedule: Design is scheduled to be completed in 2026 with construction scheduled to be
completed in 2027.
TBD Funding: $200,000 (design)
TALBOT ROAD SOUTH WALKWAY PROJECT
Scope: The scope of work for the project will be defined in 2026 with the goal of providing
pedestrian and bicycle access to the Cleavland-Richardson Park which is currently being
designed.
Schedule: Planning/pre-design work is scheduled to be completed in 2026 with design beginning
in 2027. Scheduling of construction will be coordinated with the construction of the new park.
TBD Funding: $250,000 (planning, design)
SARTORI TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Scope: The work includes signage, channelization, and signal upgrades to enhance pedestrian
safety and functionality of the streets and intersections around Sartori Elementary School.
Schedule: Design and construction is scheduled to be completed in 2026.
TBD Funding: $245,000 (design, construction)