PSRC has adopted a $9.6 billion Regional Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) that shows projects moving forward in the central Puget Sound through 2028, funded by federal, state, and local sources. It will now undergo state and federal review and approval and is planned to go into effect in January 2025.
The Draft TIP was released for public comment in September. Its 435 transportation projects include the 136 projects approved for $700 million in PSRC federal funding over the summer, as well as projects funded through PSRC in the last project selection process conducted in 2022. It also includes projects with state and other federal funds, and regionally significant projects regardless of funding source.
Just over a third of the projects are related to maintaining and preserving the current transportation system, including pavement overlays and reconstruction, bridge maintenance, and transit preventative maintenance. Other common project elements include improvements to sidewalks, bike lanes, lighting, and transit. Many projects include stormwater improvements or removal of fish passage barriers.
PSRC’s Regional TIP lists project phases happening in the four counties of King, Kitsap, Pierce and Snohomish over the next four years. The projects represent about $44 billion total transportation investments at full build.
Maintaining a TIP is a federal requirement. PSRC’s TIP is updated every two years and provides a snapshot of what transportation projects are in the works at any given time. In between major updates, it is amended monthly as new projects are added, existing projects modified, or completed projects removed. In addition to the project list, the TIP document includes overall summary information, PSRC’s policy framework containing the adopted guidance for the distribution of regionally managed federal funds, a discussion of the interagency coordination and the public review process, and the findings of air quality conformity and equity analyses. It is posted on PSRC’s website here.
