ECONOMY With $1.5B, feds seal commitment to new I-5 bridge linking Washington and Oregon
The federal government is all in on replacing the Interstate 5 bridge across the Columbia River, linking Washington and Oregon.
On Friday, area political leaders celebrated receipt of a $1.5 billion grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. Combined with a separate $600 million award secured in December, it means the feds are shouldering roughly one-third of the project’s estimated price.
Three Washington Democratic lawmakers — U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, and U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, whose district is on the Washington side of the bridge — announced the latest award on Friday.
“Replacing the I-5 Bridge is finally going to be a reality,” Murray said in a statement. She said the $1.5 billion is “the biggest federal transportation award in Washington state history.”
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