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Panelists, board and governor’s office debate preservation funding and bonding as legislature considers supplemental budget
Summary
Association panelists and board members broadly supported the governor’s preservation emphasis but raised questions about bonding mechanics, local distribution of funds, truck parking readiness for federal grants, and ferry and dredging priorities; the governor’s office proposed a $3.1 billion bonding package geared to preservation, paving and ferries, and asked for programmatic (non‑earmarked) authority to allow nimble use by WSDOT.
A panel of freight, ports, cities and county representatives briefed the board on their legislative priorities and then took questions about the governor’s transportation budget proposal, the role of bonding and the distribution of preservation funding.
Sherry Call of the Washington Trucking Association emphasized truck parking and workforce development as industry priorities and described a safety and education council proposed in House Bill 2410. Eric Fitts of the Washington Public Ports Association highlighted dredging for the Lower Columbia River and concerns about proposals to change ports’ obligations under…
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