Program Purpose

The primary purpose of the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (CMAQ) is to fund projects/programs that contribute to attainment or maintenance of national ambient air quality standards which reduce transportation related emissions.
 
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Distribution of Funds

The Metropolitan Planning Organizations covering the state’s ozone and carbon monoxide non-attainment and maintenance areas (PSRC, RTC, and SRTC), those representing the state's unclassified non-attainment areas (TRPC and YVCOG) and WSDOT have jointly developed a distribution formula for these funds which is summarized below.

This formula was established as the formula for distributing CMAQ funds until changed by agreement of the parties or appropriate authority.

Each state receives a minimum of ½ of 1 percent of CMAQ funds. This minimum will be distributed to the five MPO areas PSRC, RTC SRTC, YVCOG and TRPC. The distribution will be based on their share of the population.

Washington also receives additional CMAQ funds due to the following PSRC, RTC and SRTC areas being classified as maintenance areas for ozone or carbon monoxide. The distribution will be based on their share of the population.