Water Quality
WSDOT built 151 stormwater treatment and flow control facilities during FY2016. WSDOT completed inspections on 1,967 (98%) of its 2,002 existing stormwater facilities in FY2016. This exceeds the municipal stormwater permit requirement to inspect 95% of stormwater facilities annually.
- Roughly 1% of WSDOT's inspected stormwater management facilities required repairs costing more than $25,000 in FY2016
- WSDOT had 94% of its construction site stormwater samples meet water clarity benchmark criteria in FY2016
Aviation
WSDOT awarded $1.8 million for airport investments through its Airport Aid Grant Program in FY2017, and public-use airports in the state leveraged $1.3 million of those funds to secure $51.3 million from federal sources. The state and federal funds, combined with $6.6 million in local and other matching contributions, amount to $59.7 million in total dollars for FY2017, 50% of which ($30.0 million) is slated for safety projects.
- WSDOT completed 100% of the Airport Master Record inspections scheduled for calendar year 2016
- WSDOT streamlined the aircraft registration process, saving customers 3,200 hours of time during the registration window and letting WSDOT redeploy 29 labor hours