WSDOT secretary warns preservation backlog, aging ferries and I‑5 bridge choice will shape 2026 work
WSDOT Secretary Julie Meredith told the House Transportation Committee that decades of underfunding have left major preservation needs across bridges, pavements and ferry vessels; she said a Coast Guard decision on the Interstate Bridge Replacement will shape cost estimates and sequencing.
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Julie Meredith, secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation, told the House Transportation Committee on Jan. 30 that the agency faces steep preservation needs after years of underfunding and that upcoming external decisions will affect large projects’ costs and schedules.
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