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Hoh Tribe asks legislature to fund Highway 101 safety improvements and reservation access project
Summary
The Hoh Tribe requested funding for a safety and access project on U.S. Highway 101 serving the Hoh reservation, describing repeated crash risk, limited emergency response times and prior partial funding of $600,000.
Representatives of the Hoh Tribe testified that a remote intersection on U.S. Highway 101 needs safety improvements to provide secure access to the reservation.
Nut graf: Tribal leaders said logging‑truck traffic, icy and dark conditions, a steep approach and an existing curve have made ingress and egress unsafe at the tribe's reservation; they plan to submit an $8,000,000 request through their legislative delegation for a full project because prior partial funding was not reappropriated.
Mara Michalski said the tribe has design documents and up‑to‑date cost estimates provided by WSDOT and described the intersection as used regularly by school buses and logging trucks. Pegan Frank, the tribe's state lobbyist, said the tribe had previously received $600,000 toward design work and will seek roughly $8,000,000 for the full project this session.
Ending: The Hoh Tribe asked committee members to consider the remote community's safety risks and slower emergency response times when weighing transportation funding requests; they said they will submit a formal funding request through their 24th Legislative District representative.
