Carrie Paetsch

This plan is an update for the Northeast Washington Regional Transportation Planning Organization (NEW RTPO), focusing on identifying and addressing the transportation needs of transit-dependent populations, including elderly, disabled, and low-income residents, within the Tri-County Region. It outlines strategies to sustain, expand, and create new public transit services, enhance regional connectivity and marketing, facilitate access for targeted users, foster coordination among providers, and promote environmental sustainability, with the overarching goal of improving mobility for all residents.

This Comprehensive Safety Action Plan aims to improve safety across multiple transportation modes within the Tri-County Region (Ferry, Stevens, and Pend Oreille counties) by analyzing crash data from 2019-2023 to identify and prioritize risk factors, and establishing engineering countermeasures. The plan's vision aligns with Washington's Target Zero goal of eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries by 2030, extending this objective to 2040 for the NEW RTPO region. Key goals include prioritizing infrastructure maintenance and improvements, enhancing vehicle safety, promoting active transportation options, ensuring equity in safety investments for higher-risk groups, and fostering partnerships among federal, state, tribal, and local agencies to achieve these safety objectives.

This document outlines the 2023-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for Ferry, Pend Oreille, and Stevens Counties. It functions as a short-term project and financial plan, detailing regional transportation projects and their funding mechanisms, while ensuring alignment with regional planning goals. The program encompasses a wide range of improvements including pavement, roadway reconstruction, bridge repair, signal systems, safety enhancements, and facilities for bicycles, pedestrians, and transit, consolidating both secured and planned projects from member jurisdictions.

The Tri County Economic Development District's 2022-2026 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy focuses on building a resilient regional economy adapted to evolving economic conditions and leveraging its foundational services, programs, and leadership. Key pillars include maintaining a collaborative economic development ecosystem, cultivating community authenticity and quality of place to attract businesses and families, enhancing TEDD programs and services, fostering entrepreneurship and growth within key industry sectors, and providing leadership for economic recovery and resiliency.

This document presents an economic recovery and resilience plan designed to prepare businesses and communities in northeast Washington for various crises. The plan emphasizes proactive planning, mitigation strategies, and structured recovery phases including response, stabilization, preservation, and enhancement. Key priorities involve addressing workforce development, improving infrastructure like broadband access, establishing a Business Resiliency Task Force, and enhancing communication networks. The ultimate aim is to strengthen the regional economic landscape by fostering resilient local businesses and a more integrated community.