SULTAN — The Washington State Transportation Improvement Board on Monday approved a $500,000 state grant to help pay to relocate Sultan Basin Road and create a new intersection with U.S. 2.
The board met in Everett and approved the grant, which will pay part of the $1.2 million projected cost of the project.
"Highway 2 has been neglected for a very long time, so it is wonderful to see improvements are finally being made," said Rep. Kirk Pearson, R-Monroe.
"There’s been steady growth along the Sultan Basin Road. This project will greatly improve traffic flow and increase safety at this intersection."
The Legislature created the board to enhance state investment in local transportation projects. Grants are awarded on a competitive basis and usually require the local government to pay part of the cost.
The grant comes from revenue generated by three cents of the statewide gas tax, which is allocated to board projects by the Legislature.
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Officer saves man: A Brier officer rescued a man who tried to kill himself Monday after he was sentenced to 30 days in jail on a misdemeanor traffic offense.
The incident occurred about 1 p.m. in a holding cell at South District Court, Brier Police Chief Gary Minor said. A judge had sentenced the man, who had been put in a holding cell to await police, he said.
Officer Lori Harris found the man, who had used a windbreaker-type jacket to attempt to hang himself from a hand-washing machine, Minor said. The man was blue and not breathing. She pulled him out of the holding cell, and he began to breathe again, he said.
The man was taken to Stevens Hospital and later booked into the Snohomish County Jail, where he remained on a suicide watch, Minor said.
Harris has been with the police department for four months.
From Herald staff reports
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