12.20.25

3 King County Communities to Receive $2M to Reduce Traffic-Related Deaths

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and senior member of the Finance Committee, announced that the cities of Des Moines, Redmond, and North Bend will receive a total of $2,060,000 to make their roadways safer for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists.

The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Transportation's Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program. With this new round of awards, Washington state communities have received a total of $88.8 million for 78 different projects through the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program since it was established.

The grants announced today include:

The City of Des Moines will receive $1,560,000 for the Des Moines Safety Demonstration Project. This award will be used to prototype and evaluate speed and safety treatments, near-miss data collection, and real-time signal operation strategies in targeted corridors and neighborhood streets. Deliverables include systems engineering, demonstration installations—rectangular rapid-flashing beacons at crossings, a two-way-to-four-way stop conversion with flashing beacon, neighborhood traffic calming, and signal timing with leading pedestrian intervals—data collection, and a findings report to inform future safety investments.

The City of Redmond will receive $300,000 for Traffic Calming and Speed Reduction Measures. This award will be used to implement quick-build traffic calming, rechannelization, mid-block pedestrian crossings with rectangular rapid-flashing beacon, and two roundabouts in Downtown and Southeast Redmond urban centers and to evaluate vehicle speeds and crashes. Work includes design and engagement, a citywide speed study, construction, evaluation using control sites, and an update to the Comprehensive Safety Action Plan to guide future spread of treatments on the high-injury and high-risk network.

The City of North Bend will receive $200,000 to develop a citywide Comprehensive Safety Action Plan. The plan will prioritize Proven Safety Countermeasures and a project prioritization framework. Deliverables include a Safety Priority Index System analysis, project list, implementation phasing, oversight approach, performance targets and measurement methods to reduce fatalities and serious injuries, which will inform future implementation.

Sen. Cantwell authored the Safe Streets and Roads For All program, steered its authorization through the Commerce Committee, and ensured that the program was among the transportation investments included in the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL). Since the law's signing in November 2021, it has funded more than 1,600 transportation projects in the state including road, bridge, and port projects.

Safe Streets and Roads for All grants help local governments carry out Vision Zero plans and other improvements to reduce crashes and fatalities, including for cyclists and pedestrians. These projects are critical to stem the rise of pedestrian fatalities in the state.

Data about Washington state traffic collisions and fatalities broken down by city and county is available HERE.