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County engineer outlines East‑West corridor, bridge work and asset management priorities for 2025
Summary
Yakima County’s county engineer reviewed 2024 progress and outlined 2025 priorities including the East‑West corridor (Independence project), bridge replacements (Bridges 105 and 109), North Venus preliminary design and an expanded asset management program.
Matt, Yakima County’s county engineer, briefed the Board of Commissioners on March 3 about the county roads department’s 2024 accomplishments and 2025 priorities, focusing on the long‑running East‑West (Independence) corridor project, two major timber bridge replacements, and improvements to construction and asset‑management systems.
Matt said the East‑West corridor design and right‑of‑way work are effectively complete and that the outstanding hold‑up is agreements and clearances with federal and state agencies — principally Federal Highway Administration, Department of Ecology and the state attorney general’s office — over contaminated wood…
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