FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City of Oak Harbor Secures Grant Funding for SE Barrington Drive Project
Oak Harbor, WA - November 25, 2025 - The City was notified on Friday, November 21 that it had been awarded nearly $670,000 for a street improvement project on Southeast Barrington Drive.
The Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) Arterial Pavement Preservation grant will provide 76 percent of the funding necessary to repave Southeast Barrington Drive from Highway 20 to Southeast 8th Avenue. This segment of roadway was an ideal candidate for Arterial Pavement Preservation grant program as it does not need significant utility upgrades such as Pioneer Way and Southwest Barrington Drive, but does need repaving. The project includes removing two inches of current pavement and replacing it with a new overlay of pavement for the full-width and over a half mile of the road. The project will also replace substandard ADA ramps, restripe the road with two travel lanes, a center turn lane for a portion of the road, and add buffered bike lanes on each side.
The TIB received requests to fund 330 different projects, totaling $335 million. They awarded $152.1 million in transportation investments to 160 cities and counties throughout the state. The City of Oak Harbor received a Transportation Improvement Board grant in 2023 which funded the pavement portion of the West Whidbey Avenue project, a 2024 grant which funded the pavement portion of the NE 7th Avenue project, and a 2025 grant which funded the new pavement on Swantown Road. This new 2026 grant brings the total amount of State grant funding from the Transportation Improvement Board for street projects in Oak Harbor to $1.92 million dollars. The Transportation Improvement Board is an independent state agency, created by the legislature, and funded through three cents of the statewide gas tax. The Board funds high priority transportation projects in communities throughout the state to enhance the movement of people, goods and services.
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For more information and press inquiries contact Communications Officer, Magi Aguilar at maguilar@oakharbor.org