Getting There: Congestion pricing isn’t coming to Spokane, but these roads aren’t free and never were The Spokesman-Review » Roads have been free so long, people have forgotten how expensive they really are. Michelle2019-04-18T10:20:51-08:00April 8th, 2019|Fuel Tax, Highways, New York, Road Usage Charge, Washington|
Carbon fee returns in Olympia as lawmakers consider $15 billion transportation package The Seattle Times » A key state Senate committee gave early approval Wednesday to the state’s latest major transportation-spending package: a $15 billion plan to maintain and widen highways, fix culverts that impede fish passage, electrify ferries and partially fund a replacement of the Interstate 5 bridge between Vancouver and Portland. Michelle2019-04-18T13:38:33-08:00March 6th, 2019|Fuel Tax, Washington|
Fixing traffic congestion ‘impossible,’ says Washington transportation chief KOMO News » More and bigger highways won’t cure Washington state’s growing traffic woes and preventing congestion is an impossible goal from a financial standpoint. That gloomy assessment comes from Roger Millar. He says burgeoning traffic on the state’s roads is actually a symptom of a much bigger problem: People can’t afford to live where they work. Michelle2018-10-08T10:43:22-08:00July 26th, 2018|Highways, Roads, Washington|
$320M highway proposed for El Paso, Texas KVIA-TV » The Texas Department of Transportation has proposed a $320 million, four-lane highway intended to ease east-west traffic and bypass downtown El Paso, Texas. The Northeast Parkway would be built in two phases and could be completed in five to 10 years. Michelle2018-10-08T11:07:19-08:00July 25th, 2018|Highways, Washington|
Alaskan Way Viaduct Tear-Down Contract Awarded to Kiewit Engineering News-Record » As Washington State Dept. of Transportation officials look toward a fall 2018 opening of the 1.7-mile-long bored tunnel under downtown Seattle that will replace the aging 1953-opened Alaskan Way Viaduct—also part of State Route 99—the final contract in the $3.3-billion project to tear down the viaduct was awarded to Kiewit Infrastructure West. Michelle2018-05-31T09:32:57-08:00May 21st, 2018|Alaskan Way Viaduct, Design-Build, Highways, Washington|
First water infrastructure loan under WIFIA awarded WaterWorld » The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its first-ever loan from the Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) program to King County, Wash., to help finance its Georgetown Wet Weather Treatment Station. Michelle2018-04-23T15:09:17-08:00April 20th, 2018|Trump & Infrastructure, Washington, Wastewater, Water|