“Our transportation system serves as a backbone of our economy. It affects how our businesses compete in a global economy, it affects how people get to and from work, and it affects their home life as well.” – Senator Cantwell

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is delivering historic investments to rebuild and modernize our nation’s aging infrastructure. For American families, the law is reducing congestion on major freight routes and helping lower the cost of food and other goods. Modernizing roads and bridges and eliminating at-grade railroad crossings makes driving, biking and walking safer and means less time sitting in traffic. For American producers, farmers and other exporters, faster transportation makes their products more competitive in international markets. 

Key transportation provisions in the law originated in the Senate Commerce Committee under Senator Cantwell’s leadership. President Biden signed the bill into law on November 15, 2021. 

As a result, nearly $591 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding is being invested in more than 72,000 projects and awards in all 50 states, D.C., and U.S. territories.  

• 207,000+ miles of roadway are being repaired or improved from coast to coast.

• 12,300+ projects are repairing and modernizing America’s bridges.

• 695+ transportation projects are underway across more than 195 Tribal Nations. 

• 1,060+ port and waterway projects are underway to strengthen supply chain reliability, speed up the movement of goods, reduce the costs of everyday items and lower carbon emissions. 

• 1,500+ airports are modernizing their terminals, expanding operations or improving their runway infrastructure. 

• 1,600+ communities across all 50 states are improving roadway safety for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. 

• 445+ rail projects nationwide are modernizing and expanding America’s rail network, delivering the first high-speed rail systems in the country, replacing aging infrastructure on America’s busiest rail corridor in the Northeast, making freight rail safer, and eliminating or improving 1,400+ highway-rail crossings. 

Senator Cantwell authored and secured funding for many critical programs in the law:

• National Infrastructure Project Assistance (Mega) program: This new program dedicates $5 billion to support projects that are critical to our economy but are too large or complex for existing funding programs. 

• Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) program: With demand for freight expected to grow 40 percent by 2045, this program, originally created by Senator Cantwell as part of the FAST Act of 2015, provides $8 billion for freight projects that have a significant national or regional economic impact.

• Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP): The law reauthorized the PIDP and provides more than $2.25 billion to invest in port infrastructure, technology to reduce emissions, and infrastructure projects to help move cargo and support American workers at ports. 

• National Culvert Removal, Replacement and Restoration: This first-ever program dedicates $1 billion to help remove or redesign culverts and weirs that create barriers to salmon migration. 

• Air Traffic Control Facility Funds: In addition to existing airport infrastructure and terminal grants, Senator Cantwell secured $5 billion to upgrade FAA air traffic control facilities nationwide.

• Railroad Crossings Elimination: At-grade railroad crossings are safety hazards and a major cause of traffic congestion. This new program provides $3 billion to help local communities fund costly separation projects such as bridges or overpasses. 

• Safe Streets For All Program: This new program helps local governments to plan and carry out improvements to reduce crashes and fatalities, including for cyclists and pedestrians.

In Washington state, Senator Cantwell secured $2.1 billion to replace the aging I-5 Bridge connecting Southwest Washington to Portland, Oregon – the largest federal investment ever in a transportation project in Washington. The 60-year-old I-5 Bridge is a crucial economic linchpin for the Pacific Northwest, moving about 130,000 vehicles daily, and billions of dollars worth of goods along the West Coast corridor from California to Canada. Despite the bridge’s importance, it’s rated the worst truck bottleneck in Washington and the fifth-worst on the West Coast. A portion of this funding came from Senator Cantwell’s Mega program to fund projects that are critical for the U.S. economy, but too large or complex for existing funding programs.

This map details highway, road, port, airport, rail, ferry and culvert projects across Washington state that have received funds over the last three years. The map can additionally be filtered by county, congressional district, and project type.

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