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WSDOT secretary warns preservation backlog leaves bridges, ferries and rest areas vulnerable
Summary
WSDOT Secretary Julie Meredith told the commission that decades of underfunding have left Washington’s transportation assets — bridges, ferries and rest areas — in urgent need of preservation and that the governor’s supplemental budget is a “down payment” on a large backlog. She cited December flood emergency repairs and plans to press the legislature for more preservation funding.
Julie Meredith, secretary of the Washington State Department of Transportation, told the Washington State Transportation Commission that the agency faces a large and costly preservation backlog and will press state leaders for more funding. "After decades of underfunding preservation of our transportation system, the system is not in the condition we here at WSDOT or the public would like," Meredith said.
Meredith said WSDOT employs roughly 7,700 people and works across all modes — highways, ferries, transit, aviation and rail — but that aging assets are straining available…
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