From The News Tribune: http://www.thenewstribune.com/topstory/story/787150.html Due to the economic downturn, bids for highway projects are coming in below estimates, meaning that the Stimulus money received is going further. The same thing is happening to Sound Transit’s bids to build the University Link extension. While it is unfortunate that the economy is so bad that this [...]
From The News Tribune: http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/story/772322.html
WSDOT: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/News/2009/06/04_i5HOVLanesGoOnAd.htm $47 million in Stimulus funds will be used to build HOV lanes between the Port of Tacoma road and the current end of the system, just across the county line. Since the extension of the lanes from Federal Way to the county line already improved congestion, this should hopefully dramatically improve or eliminate [...]
From The Everett Herald: http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090529/NEWS01/705299903&news01ad=1#High-speed.rail.could.run.from.Oregon.to.B.C. Federal stimulus funds could be used to build a high speed rail corridor from Vancouver, BC to Eugene, Oregon. Upgrades would at minimum allow us to use the Amtrak Cascades service closer to its design speed of 150 mph. This would be great news. Having been on high speed trains [...]