Federal aid sought to give aging U.S. 2 trestle a facelift
LAKE STEVENS — A cadre of elected officials gathered alongside an aging U.S. 2 trestle Wednesday to make their case for how a healthy injection of federal funds into the nation’s transportation infrastructure could lead to less congested and safer commutes for Snohomish County residents.
“I’ve been pushing a transportation package for multiple years, and now we have an opportunity to work with our federal partners as they pass the American Jobs Act, and we can pass ‘Forward Washington’ to finally get the trestle that we need,” state Sen. Steve Hobbs, D-Lake Stevens, said at a news conference.
Democratic U.S. Reps. Rick Larsen of Everett and Suzan DelBene of Medina are pushing for $1.7 million to pay for a study by the state Department of Transportation on how best to rebuild the half-century-old westbound span of elevated highway that links Lake Stevens and Everett.
The aging piece of infrastructure is carrying increasing numbers of vehicles. A daily average of 82,000 traveled on the U.S. 2 trestle in 2019, according to state data.
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