Capital Facilities

2023

• As of September 2023, 70% of WSDOT-owned primary buildings were in critical condition
• WSDOT's preservation and replacement backlog for primary buildings as of September 2023 was $265.5 million, an 11% increase ($26.1 million) from 2021
• 87% of WSDOT's Safety Rest Areas were in critical condition as of September 2023

2021

• As of September 2021, 44% of WSDOT-owned primary buildings were in poor condition, a 10 percentage point improvement from 54% of buildings in poor condition in 2019
• WSDOT had 73% of its Safety Rest Area bathrooms in fair or better condition as of September 2021
• WSDOT's current preservation and replacement backlog for WSDO Towned primary buildings in 2021 was $239.4 million

2019

• As of September 2019, 54% of WSDOT-owned primary buildings were in poor condition, an increase of nine percentage points from 45% of buildings in poor condition in 2017
• Seventy-two percent of Safety Rest Area bathrooms were in fair or better condition as of September 30, 2019
• WSDOT's biennial preservation and replacement backlog for WSDOT-owned primary buildings in 2019 was $259 million

2017

• WSDOT-owned primary buildings have an average age of 44 years; 35% are more than 50 years old
• WSDOT's 10-year unmet needs backlog for capital facilities is $475 million
• Pilot projects are underway to remove tall cubicle walls in an effort to modernize WSDOT's work environment