Ferguson Signs $16.6 Billion Transportation Budget Focused on Highway Preservation

Highway preservation at center of new WA transportation budget

Crews prepare the forms for new sidewalks along State Route 99 in Fife. Once the forms are complete, crews will pour concrete to complete the sidewalks. This work is part of the State Route 167 Completion Project. (Photo courtesy of WSDOT)Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed a spending plan for the state transportation system that he said bolsters preservation of highways and will “deliver projects that Washingtonians rely on to get to where they…

Ferguson Signs $16.6 Billion Transportation Budget Focused on Highway Preservation

OLYMPIA, WA – Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed a spending plan for the state transportation system that he said bolsters preservation of highways and will “deliver projects that Washingtonians rely on to get to where they need to go.” The $16.6 billion supplemental budget expends about $1.2 billion more than the two-year transportation spending blueprint lawmakers approved last year. Under another bill, Washington will do more borrowing to co…