“Nobody is able to make a measurable difference,' warned a state transportation commissioner earlier this week.
The Washington State Department of Transportation says it’s only getting half the funding it needs to preserve and fix our roads.Their warning for drivers: This is likely to only get worse if nothing is done.
“Nobody is able to make a measurable difference, so I’m left feeling frustrated, I’m left feeling deflated, and ‘I don’t have solutions’ is what I’m hearing,” said Washington State Transportation Commissioner Kelly Fukai. This is part of what had WSDOT head Roger Millar warning that Washington’s roads are on “a glide path to failure” earlier this year after Gov. Inslee signed the state’s transportation budget.
This week, WSDOT Deputy Secretary for Community and Economic Development Amy Scarton echoed those sentiments in a presentation on the condition of Washington’s roads. “The legislature will signal that they’re getting the message, and they even moved preservation to be one of their top priorities, and yet when it came time to put the money where the policy is, we at WSDOT were less than enthused that we didn’t see those numbers go up,” she said., asserting that nearly 60% of Washington’s lane miles are either due or past due for maintenance. It’s a similar situation for our bridges as well.
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