HB 2012-S.E - DIGEST
(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

Provides that: (1) It is the priority of the legislature that, for projects identified as connecting Washington projects and supported by revenues under Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987, the department of transportation deliver the named projects;

(2) The legislature encourages the department to continue to institutionalize innovation and collaboration in design and project delivery with an eye toward the most efficient use of resources;

(3) The transportation future funding program is intended to provide for future emergent transportation projects, accelerating the schedule for existing connecting Washington projects, and highway preservation investments, beginning in fiscal year 2024; and

(4) The department of transportation must submit a report every six months identifying the amount of savings attributable to the application of practical design, retired risk, and unused contingency funding, and report when the savings become available.

Creates the transportation future funding program account in the connecting Washington account established in Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill No. 5987.

Prohibits money in the account from being expended on the state route number 99 Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project.