Lynnwood officials say 2025 Washington legislative session delivered mixed results; Scriber Creek, Poplar Way and PFD funding secured

Lynnwood city lobbyists and staff told the City Council on May 5 that the 2025 Washington State legislative session produced both tangible wins and notable shortfalls for the city’s project and policy priorities.

Assistant City Administrator Julie Moore and lobbyists Amina Abdallah of Gordon Thomas Honeywell and Brianna Murray gave a roughly hour-long briefing summarizing the session, which they called “significant” because it began a new two‑year biennium and produced operating, capital and transportation budgets that will guide state spending through 2027.

The presentation said Lynnwood secured a $500,000 appropriation for Scriber Creek fish‑barrier removal in the final capital budget and preserved $10 million from the Connecting Washington program for the Poplar Way Bridge project, though an additional $5 million the city requested to cover cost increases was not awarded. The Lynnwood Public Facilities District received $1 million for convention‑center campus revitalization; the district had sought $4…