Nearly every transportation wish coming out of Snohomish County is fulfilled in a spending plan expected to be voted on Saturday in the state Senate.
Money for building two ferries for travel between Whidbey Island and Port Townsend, helping Community Transit buy double decker buses and widening a stretch of Highway 522 are in the transportation budget now before the Legislature.
There is also funding to keep alive the dream of a new ferry terminal in Mukilteo and to start planning for a bridge across the Snohomish River on Highway 9 and congestion-easing projects on U.S. 2 through Everett.
Go here if you want to read the budget or peruse through the pages of projects.
Here are some of the ones with local interest $114.9 million to construct two 64-car Island Home class vessels for the Keystone-Port Townsend run
$33.6 million to widen Highway 522 and build a new bridge across Snohomish River (Project cost is $182.4 million to be paid off and finished in the next budget)
$9.2 million for U.S. 2 safety improvements $400,000 for route development plan for U.S. 2 in Everett
$1.5 million for an environmental analysis of replacing a bridge on Highway 9 across the Snohomish River
$3.25 million for archaeological investigation of proposed site for new Mukilteo ferry terminal $1.2 million to improve the layout of toll booths at Keystone and Port Townsend terminals
$3.8 million for developing a ferry reservation system for use on one commute route in 2010 or later
$3.63 million for Everett Transit to construct stations for Swift bus system $2.88 million for Community Transit to buy double decker buses
$2.5 million for Community Transit to buy buses for Swift rapid transit
$1.624 million for Island Transit’s Everett Connector service
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