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Pasco Council OKs $3.5 million loan/grant package to demolish Lewis Street underpass top

Pasco City Council · March 3, 2026
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Council authorized the city manager to execute a $3.5 million low‑interest loan/grant agreement with the state Public Works Board to demolish the top of the Lewis Street underpass per a BNSF easement condition; roughly half is forgivable and half a 20‑year loan at ~1.6% with estimated annual repayment about $100,000.

The Pasco City Council authorized the city manager to execute a $3.5 million loan/grant agreement with the Washington State Public Works Board to fund demolition of the top portion of the Lewis Street underpass, a condition of an earlier easement with BNSF Railway.

Public Works staff explained the underpass remains in place but was filled and blocked during the overpass work; a…

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