Wednesday, March 31, 2010

WA State Transportation Budget Signed

Governor Gregoire yesterday signed into law an updated $8.5 billion state transportation budget that lawmakers say will bankroll thousands of construction jobs- but get rid of some management and licensing positions.

The supplemental budget plan is about $1 billion more than last year's biennial budget. The increase is mostly from federal money that will pay for large projects, including $590 million to increase the speed of trains on the rail corridor between Oregon and British Columbia. The budget also includes an additional $30 million for fuel costs, primarily for ferries, and $3 million for storm water treatment.

Cuts in the transportation budget include fewer Department of Transportation management positions, and the closure of up to 25 licensing offices.
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SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.

SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.