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WSDOT Fish Passage Barrier Removal Program

By rambo360

  • RCW 77.57.030

    RCW 77.57.030 requires WSDOT to install and maintain all culverts, fishways, and bridges to provide unrestricted fish passage.
  • WSDOT & WDFW form a cooperative program

    WSDOT & WDFW form a cooperative program

    to inventory and assess fish passage barriers statewide and used monies from the Highway Construction Program.
  • Expanded Fish Barrier Inventory

    Expanded Fish Barrier Inventory

    was completed on the entire state route system
  • US 97 Butler Creek bridge project

    US 97 Butler Creek bridge project

  • 1,519 fish passage barriers identified

    1,519 fish passage barriers identified

    WSDOT owned with significant habital gain
  • 12 fish passage barrier projects were constructed

    12 fish passage barrier projects were constructed

  • 245 fish barriers are fixed

    245 fish barriers are fixed

    out of 920 projects identified
  • RTIP Amendment 13-10

    RTIP Amendment 13-10

    4 WSDOT projects recommended and adopted to the Regional Transportation Improvement Plan (RTIP). One is $223,000 for the design of a fish passable structure at SR 121/Blooms Ditch.