January 28, 2021 at 10:12 am
A view of progress on one of the three pier walls that will support a future freeway lid over SR 520 between Montlake Boulevard and 24th Avenue East. (WSDOT/Flickr)
Eastbound State Route 520 will not be available for you over Lake Washington this weekend as workers begin to build the new lid over the freeway. This is the first of four weekend directional closures of 520 between Montlake Boulevard East and 92nd Avenue Northeast in Medina.
Travelers, heads up! Directional closures will take place the next few weekends as construction on the Montlake lid continues. This Friday, Jan. 29 at 11 p.m., through 5 a.m. Monday, Feb. 1, Eastbound SR 520 lanes will be closed. For more details: https://t.co/f5pC0Yflzepic.twitter.com/vs33OUxPUT
Democratic lawmakers propose massive gas tax increase to fund transportation
(Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)
As Washington families struggle with the pandemic-induced recession and job losses due to stay-at-home orders, Washington House Democrats have proposed a series of major tax increases to fund transportation projects.
House Transportation Committee Chair Jake Fey (D-27) unveiled a bold $26 billion, 16-year transportation package on Tuesday that would be funded by an 18-cent per gallon gas tax increase. The first 10-cent hike would come this year, with an 8-cent increase the following year. There would also be a gas tax increase tied to inflation to follow. Diesel prices would also increase.
January 10 2021
Four online meetings will be held later in January to discuss replacing the bridge over the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver.
Anyone interested in the Oregon-Washington Interstate Bridge Replacement Program is invited to attend four online public meetings to be held later in January.
The program is exploring options for replacing the aging Interstate Bridge across the Columbia River between Portland and Vancouver with a seismically resilient, multimodal structure to provide improved mobility for people, goods and services. It is a high priority for Oregon and Washington. In late 2019, the governors and legislative leaders in both states directed the Oregon Department of Transportation and the Washington Department of Transportation to launch the program.