BANNER_Awards

TRPC Awards over $11.2 million to Regional Transportation Priority Projects

On December 2, 2022, Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC) awarded $11,296,400 in federal Surface Transportation Block Grant (STBG) and Transportation Alternatives (TA) grant funding to 8 local transportation projects. The projects will be implemented between 2024 and 2027. 

Awards

Applicant
Projects
Award
Grant Program
Intercity TransitWalk N Roll Youth Education Program
$660,408
TA
Intercity TransitEast Martin Way Gateway Roundabout
$735,250
STBG
LaceyCollege Street Corridor Improvements Phase 3
$3,941,742
STBG & TA
TeninoTenino Trail Design$225,000TA
Thurston CountyOld Hwy 99 & Tilley Rd Intersection Improvements$1,079,000STBG
Thurston CountyOld Hwy 99 at Intersections of Sargent Rd & 201st Ave$864,000STBG & TA
TumwaterX Street Roundabout$2,941,000STBG & TA
YelmRhoton Road NW$850,000STBG & TA

Award Process

The 2022 Call for Projects requested proposals that would fulfill TRPC’s funding priorities:

  1. Active Transportation – Projects that support active transportation such as walking and bicycling.
  2. Efficiency – Projects that support meeting adopted vehicle level of service standards; and projects that help support Transportation Demand Management (TDM) goals and decrease annual per capita vehicle miles traveled in the Thurston Region.
  3. Maintenance – Projects that support a pavement “Best First” approach recognizing that regular maintenance is much more cost effective than allowing a roadway to deteriorate and then rebuilding it; projects that support Transit Asset Management targets; projects that keep bridges in a state of good repair; and projects that keep other portions of the transportation system in a state of good repair.
  4. Planning – Projects that develop project lists, support regional coordination, or provide data to inform planning.
  5. Resiliency – Projects that protect the transportation system from natural and technological hazards and disruptions.
  6. Safety – Projects that that help reduce the number of fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads to zero by 2030; projects that help reduce the number of nonmotorist fatalities and serious injuries on all public roads (e.g., bicyclists and pedestrians) to zero by 2030; and projects that help reduce transit-related fatalities, serious injuries, and safety incidents.

TRPC staff, the Technical Advisory Committee, and TRPC’s policy makers used four criteria to evaluate the impact of the projects:

  • Efficient use of federal funding
  • Social and geographic equity
  • Greenhouse gas emissions reduction
  • Investments on urban corridors and in neighborhood centers

Contact Us

  1. Paul Brewster
    Senior Planner
    brewstp@trpc.org

    Thurston Regional Planning Council
    2411 Chandler Court SW
    Olympia, WA 98502
    Ph: 360-956-7575