Bill to provide backup plan if bids for hybrid-electric ferries fail could be sunk

Bill to provide backup plan if bids for hybrid-electric ferries fail could be sunk

(The Center Square) – A Washington state lawmaker from Gig Harbor is backing a “contingency” bill in case bids for hybrid-electric ferries expected this April don’t pan out.

Bill to provide backup plan if bids for hybrid-electric ferries fail could be sunk - Everett Post

(The Center Square) – A Washington state lawmaker from Gig Harbor is backing a “contingency” bill in case bids for hybrid-electric ferries expected this April don’t pan out. Republican Rep. Michelle Caldier said House Bill 1377 would, according to a news release from her office, put in place a contingency option “allowing the governor to declare an emergency and take all necessary actions to expedite the permitting and procuring of at least two …