Governor Gregoire's Budget for Capital Construction
“Our construction projects provide family-wage jobs and build a better future for Washington families.”
Give students room to learn
Constructs K-12 buildings. Fully funds all K-12 school projects that are expected to need state matching funds. $720 million
Constructs four new regional skill centers. Provides comprehensive technical education for high school students who may participate in Running Start or apprenticeship programs. $73.3 million
Creates room for demonstration projects and all-day kindergarten. Authorizes grants to school districts for purchasing portable classrooms at elementary schools participating in K-3 demonstration projects or state-funded all-day kindergarten programs. $10 million
Establishes the Washington Youth Academy. Provides high school dropouts between the ages of 16 and 18 a second chance to earn their diploma or GED. $4.7 million
Invests more than a billion dollars for universities and community colleges
University of Washington. Continues restoration of the Seattle campus; renovates the historic Playhouse Theatre; renovates Savery Hall, a major instructional building; renovates Clark Hall, which originally served as the first women’s dormitory; and designs six other projects. $103 million
Washington State University. Includes construction of a Life Sciences Building with new laboratories for biotechnology research and critical infrastructure replacements and upgrades necessary for future growth on the main campus. $92 million
Central Washington University. Renovates Dean Hall for science classes in Anthropology and Geography. $23.2 million
Eastern Washington University. Includes reconstruction of Hargreaves Hall, home to the continuing education program and summer session classes. $10.8 million
The Evergreen State College. Renovates the College Activities Building to provide better food service, lounge and recreational areas, and a more open and welcoming environment. $20.9 million
Western Washington University. Designs the renovation of Miller Hall, which houses classrooms and offices for the College of Education and Department of Modern and Classical Languages. $5.5 million
Bellevue Community College. Constructs classrooms and improves lab space in a new science and technology building. $31.3 million
Cascadia Community College. Constructs a Center for Global Learning and Arts to provide a state of the art learning environment to prepare students to interact successfully in a global, technologically-sophisticated society. $32.6 million
Centralia Community College. Constructs a science building to meet current science education standards. $28.7 million
Clark College. Develops an east county off-campus satellite center to provide access and enrollment capacity to an underserved and rapidly growing population. $27.2 million
Everett Community College. Adds critically needed classrooms, labs, large lecture room, instructor offices and support space. $40.6 million
Olympic College. Provides classrooms and space for humanities students and replaces undersized student services. $37.9 million
Pierce College. Expands facilities that house professional and technical programs including the high-demand field of allied health. $25.3 million
Skagit Valley College. Constructs a science and allied health building to accommodate increasing enrollment pressure and provides state of the art laboratory, classroom and distance learning facilities. $28.1 million
Yakima Valley Community College. Renovates and expands the Brown dental hygiene building. $5.7 million
Moves forward into The Next Washington
Increases the state’s rail capacity. Expands the height of a current Stampede Pass Tunnel which precludes the movement of double-stacked containers. $25 million
Creates the Innovation Partnership Zones program. Competitive grants are provided to five designated zones that provide new infrastructure for centers promoting economic change. $5 million
Keeps communities safe
Constructs the final phase of the Special Commitment Center. Creates space to meet the population needs. $21 million
Replaces the trailers at the Fire Training Academy. Trailers have been used for over twenty years as dormitories. $2.7 million
Constructs healthcare facilities. Meets the basic health needs of men and women housed at corrections centers in eastern and western Washington. $79.2 million
Protects our environment
Cleans up Puget Sound. Protects and restores valuable habitat, prevents and cleans up toxics, reclaims used water, fixes septic systems and improves wastewater systems. $140 million
Protects fish and wildlife habitat and supports local parks. Support provided through the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program. $70 million
Improves the Columbia River Basin Water Supply. Assesses, plans, and develops new storage options; improves or alters operations of existing storage facilities; implements conservation projects; and other actions designed to provide access to new water supplies within the Columbia River Basin. $34.5 million
Supplements the Centennial Clean Water Fund. Provides grants and loans for planning, implementation, design, acquisition and construction of water pollution control facilities and activities. $44.6 million
Continues the State Parks Centennial Program. Improves existing parks with needed upgrades and renovations to celebrate the Washington State Park’s 100-year anniversary in 2013. $48.5 million
Improves our communities
Governor Gregoire is investing in local community projects around the state, some of which are listed here.
Improves infrastructure in local communities. Provides low-interest loans for improvements to road, sewer, water and storm systems. $350 million
Improves public water systems. The highest priority projects receive loans to complete needed improvements. $82.6 million
Increases affordable housing. Expands the successful Housing Trust Fund program, increases the number of affordable housing units available to families transitioning from being homeless or escaping domestic violence situations. The program also assists disabled individuals and seniors who do not have enough income for rent. $140 million
Designs and constructs a veteran’s cemetery. Cemetery to be located in Spokane County to allow families in eastern Washington to be closer to their deceased loved ones. $7.8 million
Supports children and adults with disabilities. Builds a new facility for Innovative Service Northwest, which provides child care, therapy, respite care and employment support for people with disabilities. $1.9 million
Constructs a horse park. Provides a new equestrian center for horses and riders in Cle Elum. $3.8 million
Emmanuel Family Life Center. Provides social services to youth, families and seniors, such as after school programs, child care, education and computer learning to the African-American community in Spokane. $500,000
Supports blind and deaf students. Provides a new physical education center at the School for the Blind and a new cafeteria and maintenance support building at the School for the Deaf. $19.9 million
Constructs Asian Counseling and Referral Service Center. Supports construction of facility in Seattle to assist a growing Asian population. $3 million
Begins construction on the Seattle Chinese Garden. Facility will use the entry gatehouse donated by the City of Chongquing. $500,000
Expands the Northwest African American Museum. Museum will be located at the historic Coleman School Building. $1.3 million
Constructs the Granger Community Service Center. For services to the Spanish-speaking community. $500,000
Replaces the leaky roof of El Centro de la Raza. Facility provides social support services to more than 10,000 participants. $821,000
Enhances natural beauty. Provides artwork at Sacajawea state park in Pasco and Chief Timothy Park in Clarkston. $500,000
Expands the Public Health Laboratory. Allows more analysis of information to identify infectious diseases. $1.2 million
Retrofits food distribution warehouse. New warehouse for Northwest Harvest to help distribute food to 37 counties. $3 million
Supports the arts. Promotes arts-related construction projects throughout the state. $12 million
Constructs a new Heritage Center. Facility for the archives, library and election functions to be located on the Capital Campus. $111 million
Renovates the Fox Theater. Completes renovation of the historic Fox Theater, a regional performance venue. $2 million