WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, announced on Saturday, December 20, that the cities of Everett, Mill Creek, and Mukilteo will receive a total of $3,300,000 to make their roadways safer for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists.
The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program. With this new round of awards, Washington state communities have received a total of $88.8 million for 78 different projects through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program since it was established.
The grants announced today include:
The City of Everett will receive $1,200,000 for the Advancing Multimodal Safety through Planning and Innovation Project. This award will be used to update an Active Transportation Plan, prepare an Evergreen Way corridor safety and operations plan, and pilot Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Deliverables include a citywide Active Transportation Plan covering bicyclist and pedestrian networks; prioritized Evergreen Way improvements with costs and schedules; and an ITS pilot deploying AI video detection and modern signal controllers to collect Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures for baseline and post-deployment evaluation to inform citywide ITS upgrades.
The City of Mill Creek will receive $1,800,000 for Prioritizing Vulnerable Roadway Users. This award will be used to carry out demonstration activities and supplemental planning activities testing quick-build protected bike lanes and enhanced crossings and to prepare a 35th Avenue corridor study, Safe Routes to School plans, a citywide lighting assessment, and an education and enforcement campaign. Work includes before-and-after evaluation of separated and protected bike lanes and solar-powered rectangular rapid-flashing beacons to inform long-term corridor design.
The City of Mukilteo will receive $300,000 to develop a citywide Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. Deliverables include crash and high-injury network analysis, public engagement, prioritized Proven Safety Countermeasures, cost and implementation phasing, and an adoption-ready Action Plan to reduce killed or seriously injured bicyclists, pedestrians, and motorists.
Sen. Cantwell authored the Safe Streets and Roads For All program, steered its authorization through the Commerce Committee, and ensured that the program was among the transportation investments included in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Since the law’s signing in November 2021, it has funded more than 1,600 transportation projects in the state including road, bridge, and port projects.
Source: Office of Senator Maria Cantwell
Author: Lynnwood Times Staff
