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Area leaders urge restoration of Highway 18 safety funding after rise in fatalities and incidents
Summary
City and emergency responders told the committee that safety upgrades to Highway 18 should not be delayed; several speakers cited dramatic increases in fatalities and incidents along the corridor and said delay will continue to put lives at risk.
Local officials, emergency responders and business groups told the House Transportation Committee that delaying the Highway 18 improvements will increase fatalities and impair emergency response along a corridor that connects Interstate 90 and Interstate 5.
“We must act now,” Fire Chief Ben Lane of Eastside Fire and Rescue said, recounting his department’s responses to fatal…
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