Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

The STIP is a four-year prioritized multimodal transportation program compiled of state, local, tribal and public transportation projects that include highways, streets, roads, rail, transit-hubs, park & rides, bridges, sidewalks, bike lanes, trails and safety.

The STIP is a calendar year document and is developed on an annual basis. The draft STIP is available for public review and comment in November. The final STIP is submitted to Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in December and approved in January. STIP amendments are submitted to FHWA and FTA for approval January through October and are available for public review and comment concurrently for 10 calendar days.

2024-2027 STIP - Approved

The 2024-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) was approved in January 2024 as required per the Federal Transportation Act. Approximately 1,200 statewide transportation improvement projects utilizing $3.8 billion in federal funds are in the 2024-27 STIP statewide, representing Washington’s highest priority projects.

2024-2027 STIP document

Detailed STIP information and explanations.

2024-2027 Table of Contents

The table of contents contains the various sections of the document.

  1. Introduction (PDF 200KB)
  2. Organization of the STIP (PDF 200KB)
  3. Financial plan and resources (PDF 200KB)
  4. Operation and maintenance (PDF 200KB)
  5. Consistency with long-range
    statewide & metropolitan transportation plans (PDF 200KB)
  6. Performance measures (PDF 200KB)
  7. Consultation & selection process (PDF 200KB)
  8. Community engagement (PDF 200KB)
  9. STIP amendments & administrative modifications (PDF 200KB)

Appendix

The appendix section shows the various appendices to the STIP document.

  1. State self-certification statement (PDF 55KB)
  2. Financial feasibility table (PDF 30KB)
  3. STIP administration (PDF 200KB)
  4. MPO/RTPO/WSDOT directory (PDF 280KB)
  5. STIP format & project listing (PDF 60KB)
  6. Source of funds (PDF 60KB)
  7. Grouped projects (PDF 20KB)
  8. Performance measures & targets table (PDF 25KB)
  9. Annual obligation listing (PDF 12KB)

The 12 Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) in Washington State are required to provide an annual listing of projects that had federal funds obligated in their areas for the previous calendar year. These listings are due by the end of March each year.

  • Benton-Franklin Council of Governments (BFCoG)
  • Chelan-Douglas Transportation Council (CDTC)
  • Cowlitz-Wahkiakum Council of Governments (CWCoG)
  • Lewis Clark Valley MPO (LCV) (PDF 198KB)
  • Puget Sound Regional Council (PSRC)
  • Skagit Council of Governments (SCoG)
  • Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC)
  • Spokane Regional Transportation Council (SRTC)
  • Thurston Regional Planning Council (TRPC)
  • Walla Walla Valley MPO (WWV)
  • Whatcom Council of Governments (WCoG)
  • Yakima Valley Conference of Governments (YVCoG)

STIP amendment due dates

The STIP amendment schedule provides consistency for WSDOT regions and MPOs to submit projects for inclusion into the STIP. STIP amendment due dates are the third Friday of every month. Local agencies and regional WSDOT Program Management personnel need to be aware of MPO timelines where applicable and work together to meet critical dates.

2024-2027

  • January: 1/19/24
  • February: 2/16/24
  • March: 3/15/24
  • April: 4/19/24
  • May: 5/17/24
  • June: 6/21/24
  • July: 7/19/24
  • August: 8/16/24
  • September: 9/20/24
  • October: 10/18/24

It is critical that all submittals are forwarded to Nancy Huntley (huntlen@wsdot.wa.gov) no later than the due date identified in the chart above, to be included in the monthly amendment process.  Rural project information may be submitted directly to Nancy Huntley as well based on an agreed upon process with the affected RTPO.

Web-based STIP

STIP Training Manual (PDF 4.5MB)

The web based system allows local agencies to input their projects online once, for both the 6-year TIP and STIP. Local agencies will then submit their projects electronically to their respective Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) or Regional Transportation Planning Organization (RTPO).

April 2023 STIP Training is available as an online video:  
https://wsdot.wa.gov/publications/fulltext/localprograms/STIP/2023-Training/story.html
Download presentation (PDF 520KB)

Previous STIP's

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