RAISE Grant

The Whatcom County Public Works Department submitted a RAISE Grant Application to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to modernize the Lummi Island Ferry System. 

On August 9, 2022, the DOT awarded a $25 million RAISE grant to replace the 60-year-old Lummi Island ferry with an electric-battery hybrid ferry and build related infrastructure. 

View grant application information as PDF files:

• RAISE grant application.
  • Appendix A Level of Service
  • Appendix B Propulsion System Selection
  • Appendix C Level of Service Action Plan
  • Appendix D Combined Vessel Design
  • Appendix E Terminal Engineering Analysis
  • Appendix F Whatcom County Lummi Island Ferry System Modernization and Preservation
  • Appendix G Community Letter and Ferry Impact Survey Results
  • Appendix H Benefit Cost Analysis
  • Appendix I Letters of Support
• View a rendering of the new vessel design
• View the design for the Lummi Island Terminal 
• View the design for the Lummi Island uplands 
• View the design for the Gooseberry Pt Terminal 

This project would: 

• Replace the 60-year-old ferry that currently provides service to and from Lummi Island. 
• Adjust the terminal structures to accommodate the new vessel, as well as operational and upland modifications to preserve the functionality of the ferry system.