The City of Yakima has placed an emphasis on improving vehicle and pedestrian safety.  Specifically, Washington and 24th Avenue intersection serves as the main entry point for the airport’s main terminal building where passengers arrive and depart; rental cars are returned; and Fire Station 94 emergency vehicles respond to events north of the airport.  Through traffic counting measures, this intersection witnessed approximately 20,577 Average Daily Traffic (ADF) and will continue to increase over time.

As vehicle traffic continues to increase, the City of Yakima will need to improve vehicle access to the airport by expanding the intersection and constructing a dedicated right turning lane for vehicles entering West Washington Avenue from 24^th Avenue.  In order to accomplish these improvements, the City of Yakima will need to acquire approximately 10,018.8 square feet of Airport property, of which is located on the northwest corner of 24^th and West Washington Avenue. 

An appraisal and review appraisal were performed by Washington State certified appraisers, and it was determined that the fair market value of the Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field property necessary to construct the roadway improvements is $22,600.  Even though the City owns the Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field, the property was originally purchased with airport funds.  As such, the City as owners of the roadway, will need to purchase the property from the airport.  The amount of $22,600 will be transferred to the Yakima Air Terminal-McAllister Field utilizing REET funding.