Panel hears proposal to create state supply-chain competitiveness program for ports
The committee heard engrossed Senate Bill 5649, which would direct the Washington Department of Transportation to create a grant and loan program for public and tribal ports to support freight projects not eligible for existing Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board funding; ports and port associations urged support and noted rural project needs and examples of multimillion-dollar costs.
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The Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee heard testimony Feb. 18 on engrossed Senate Bill 5649, which would authorize the Washington Department of Transportation to establish a state supply-chain competitiveness infrastructure program providing grants and loans to public and tribal ports.
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