Cantwell Applauds $1.1 Million in Transportation Safety Grants for Washington Tribes

Statement

Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) applauded the announcement that six Washington Tribes will receive a collective $1.18 million in federal funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds (TTPSF). The funding will be used to address transportation safety issues in and around Tribal communities.

Tribe

Funding

Description

Samish Indian Nation

$760,000

Funding will be used to build a roundabout at the intersection of SR-20 and Campbell Lake Road

Kalispel Indian Community of the Kalispel Reservation

$391,496

Funding will be used to build a bicycle and pedestrian pathway and crosswalks

Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

$12,500

Grant will help the Tribe develop their first transportation safety plan

Cowlitz Indian Tribe

$7,500

Funding will help update the Tribe's transportation safety plan

Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe

$7,500

Funding will help update the Tribe's transportation safety plan

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe

$7,500

Funding will help update the Tribe's transportation safety plan

Tribal Transportation Program Safety Funds are used to address transportation safety issues in Indian Country, where traffic accidents are consistently higher than the rest of the nation as a whole. Funds are available to federally-recognized Indian Tribes through a competitive, discretionary program.

TTPSF selects projects that will address the prevention and reduction of death or serious injuries in transportation-related incidents. Eligible projects include road safety infrastructure improvements, developing or updating transportation safety plans, and crash data assessment, improvement, or analysis.

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