Projects

  • Border Access Improvements: FAST & NEXUS Lanes

    Construction Project — To provide improved border access for trusted trader (FAST) and trusted traveler (NEXUS) programs, several projects were constructed to provide dedicated approach lanes, and better streamline southbound traffic. Location Dedicated...

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  • Blaine I-5 Study

    Construction Project — This project looked at the interchanges on Interstate 5 in the City of Blaine and identified improvements required to provide adequate access to this community in the future. Location Interstate...

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  • Weigh-in-Motion Software

    ITS Project — This project used communication and information technologies to integrate  commercial vehicle border inspection and trade processing systems to improve the efficient, safe, and legal movement of trade and commercial transportation across...

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  • ITS-CVO Project

    Research Project — Phase I: Northbound In-bond Container In 1997, the WA State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) received $1.3 million from the U.S. Federal Highway Administration to apply Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies to...

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  • NEXUS Marketing

    Operations Project — The binational NEXUS expedited passenger crossing program has lanes at three of the four Cascade Gateway ports-of-entry, and its traffic constitutes well over 30 percent of cross-border car trips at...

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  • Southbound Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS)

    ITS Project — The IMTC forum identified a need for a southbound advanced traveler information system (ATIS) to mirror the northbound ATIS system installed by WA State Department of Transportation, which provided comparable...

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  • Cascade Gateway Rail Study

    Research Project — The Cascade Gateway Rail Study’s examined  freight and passenger cross-border rail traffic which could be attracted to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) rail line over the next 10 years....

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  • Cross-Border Transit Study

    Research Project — The Cross-Border Transit Study assessed current and future demand for regional, cross-border transit in the Cascade Gateway. Location The study area included the Cascade Gateway Ports-of-Entry, including Peace Arch/Douglas, Pacific Highway,...

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