Federal money for U.S. 2 in Senate bill
Published 9:09 pm Thursday, July 12, 2007
New money for U.S. 2 safety improvements, a bypass highway around Granite Falls and a new I-5 overpass at 116 Street NE are among a group of projects that will share $6.95 million in federal appropriations, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash, announced Thursday.
Murray used her position as chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies to include the money in the 2008 appropriations bill.
The bill funds the federal departments of transportation, and housing and urban development.
The Senate Appropriations Committee passed the bill Thursday. The full Senate will take it up next.
Funding for Snohomish County Includes:
* $600,000 for expanding the Everett Senior Activities Center, which serves about 3,900 seniors from Everett and the surrounding communities.
* $1.5 million for a bypass highway around Granite Falls.
* $500,000 for making safety improvements on U.S. 2, including adding rumble strips and repairing guardrails.
* $1.5 million for Community Transit to buy new buses.
* $600,000 for Everett Transit to buy new buses.
* $1.5 million for the Tulalip Tribes’ bid to build a new I-5 overpass at 116th Street NE.
* $750,000 for research on composite materials at Edmonds Community College’s Advanced Manufacturing in Materials Innovation Center.
