WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation and the City of Othello have been awarded federal funding to enhance roadway safety for drivers, people, and cyclists, according to a press release from U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell’s office.
The funding is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program. This program has allocated a total of $88.8 million to 78 projects across Washington state since its inception.
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation will receive $392,320 for their Assessing Safety and Transportation Access Barriers project. The project aims to update asset and crash data, develop an ADA Transition Plan, and transition the 2021 Safety Plan into a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. Deliverables include an asset management inventory and crash data analysis.
The City of Othello will receive $120,000 for their Safe Streets Othello: Action Plan for Equitable and Connected Growth. This funding will be used to develop a Comprehensive Safety Action Plan for key areas such as SR 17 and SR 26 corridors, school zones, and residential areas. The plan includes a crash data audit, multimodal safety assessments, and public outreach.
Senator Cantwell, who authored the Safe Streets and Roads For All program, played a key role in its authorization and inclusion in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Since its signing in November 2021, the program has funded over 1,600 transportation projects in the state.
These grants are part of efforts to reduce crashes and fatalities, particularly for cyclists and people, in response to rising pedestrian fatalities in Washington state.
