State budget shortfall delays $13 million bridge replacement project in Colfax • Washington State Standard

State budget shortfall delays $13 million bridge replacement project in Colfax • Washington State Standard

The Washington state Capitol on April 18, 2025. (Photo by Jacquelyn Jimenez Romero/Washington State Standard)COLFAX – A long-anticipated bridge replacement project over North Fork of the Palouse River is being postponed until 2029 because of the state’s transportation budget shortfall. “We were ready to go. In fact, the ad date was supposed to be October,” said Ryan Overton, communications manager for Washington State Department of Transportatio…