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Staff compare Washington to Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah; highlight debt service, ferries and fish-passage costs
Summary
Committee staff presented a comparative review of transportation budgets and metrics across Western states, noting that Washington has unique cost drivers — high debt service, an extensive ferry system and mandated fish-passage work — and that preservation spending has not kept up with inflation.
Mark Mattson and Amy Skay briefed the committee on a cross‑state comparison of transportation metrics for Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah. They compared area and population, lane miles, pavement condition (International Roughness Index), fuel-tax rates and DOT budgets.
Mattson emphasized Washington’s distinct budget pressures: the ferry system (about $1.3 billion in the 2325 biennium), significant…
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