Transportation
OPINION: It’s Time for Crash Prevention Zones on U.S. 395
We depend on our roads every single day. They are the paths that carry our children to school, parents to work, grandparents to doctor’s appointments, and families home at the end of the day. When they work safely, we hardly think about them. When those paths become predictable sites of...
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NEWS: Torres bill targets dangerous roadways with new crash prevention zones
OLYMPIA—Sen. Nikki Torres has advanced Senate Bill 6066 to give local governments and the Washington State Department of Transportation a new tool to address roadways with a high number of serious and fatal crashes by establishing temporary “crash prevention zones” focused on safety improvements. “This is not a bill I...
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Legislators Urge WSDOT to Redirect Federal Funds to Critical Schooley Bridge Project in Zillah
State Senators Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, Curtis King, R-Yakima, and Keith Goehner, R-Dryden are calling on the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to reallocate federal bridge funding toward a more pressing infrastructure need in the City of Zillah. In a joint letter sent this week to WSDOT’s Local Programs Director...
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