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Board of Water and Soil Resources warns of wetland credit shortfalls, urges funding to preserve local road projects
Summary
Board of Water and Soil Resources officials told the Senate Capital Investment Committee that statewide wetland-replacement credits are required for local road projects and warned that some bank service areas are projecting credit deficits that could delay construction.
John Jasky, executive representative for the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR), and Andrea Fish, assistant director, told the Senate committee that the state's local government roads wetland replacement program needs continued capital support to ensure wetland credits remain available for road projects.
Fish explained that local road authorities use wetland credits to offset wetlands that will be impacted by road construction, and that BWSR's centralized program generates replacement wetlands at scale and issues credits after project planning, construction and monitoring. She said it can take…
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