RCW 47.06.140 defines transportation facilities and services of statewide significance in Washington State, including highways, the interstate system, ferry routes, freight railroads, and high-capacity transit systems, while explicitly excluding airport facilities and services from this designation. The law requires the Washington State Department of Transportation to set level of service standards for state highways and ferry routes, in consultation with local governments, while retaining final decision-making authority. Improvements to these statewide facilities are classified as essential state public facilities under RCW 36.70A.200.Open full document
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This Washington State law designates specific transportation facilities and services as being of statewide significance, including highways, interstate systems, ferry routes, freight railroads, and high capacity transportation systems. It requires the Department of Transportation to plan for improvements to these facilities in the statewide multimodal transportation plan and designates such improvements as essential state public facilities. The law also directs the department to set level of service standards for state highways and ferry routes in consultation with local governments.