{"id":3214,"date":"2022-02-15T21:23:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/?p=3214"},"modified":"2022-02-15T21:23:24","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T04:23:24","slug":"senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OLYMPIA<\/strong> \u2013 Residents on the east side of Lake Washington would see major improvements to their transportation infrastructure because of legislation passed by the Senate today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether we live in Bothell or Bellevue, Redmond or Renton, we are all interconnected in the fastest growing part of our state,\u201d said <a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/\">Sen. Manka Dhingra<\/a> (D-Redmond). \u201cTo maintain our dynamic economy and our unmatched quality of life, we need to improve all of our infrastructure, from our highways to our bike trails to public transit. That\u2019s what Move Ahead Washington does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud that this also fulfills our state\u2019s obligation to replace fish passage culverts for salmon recovery, and helps create a better world for us all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of the investments funded by the Move Ahead Washington transportation package in the 45th Legislative District include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>$5 million for widening the SR 202 trestle.<\/li>\n<li>$380 million for improvements along the length of the I-405 and SR 167 corridor.<\/li>\n<li>$508 million to increase access to King County Metro services, including free fares for riders 18 years old and under.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The legislation would also fund other Eastside projects, including connecting sections of the Mountains to Sound Greenway as well as the Eastrail, a former railroad track turned into a multi-use corridor.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, <a href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/liias\/2022\/02\/08\/senate-and-house-transportation-chairs-introduce-16-year-move-ahead-washington-funding-proposal\/\">Move Ahead Washington<\/a> would invest in a range of transportation infrastructure projects, including $3.1 billion in transit programs, $1.2 billion in active transportation options including bike and pedestrian projects, and $3 billion highway preservation and maintenance. It would also fund $2.6 billion to fulfill the state\u2019s obligation\u00a0to replace\u00a0fish passage culverts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5974&amp;Year=2021&amp;Initiative=false\">SB 5974<\/a>, which was passed today, authorizes the funding for the transportation package. <a href=\"https:\/\/app.leg.wa.gov\/billsummary?BillNumber=5975&amp;Year=2021&amp;Initiative=False\">SB 5975<\/a>, which has been referred to the Senate Transportation Committee, enumerates the projects. More information can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/leap.leg.wa.gov\/leap\/budget\/detail\/2022\/st2022Supp.asp\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLYMPIA \u2013 Residents on the east side of Lake Washington would see major improvements to their transportation infrastructure because of legislation passed by the Senate today. \u201cWhether we live in Bothell or Bellevue, Redmond or Renton, we are all interconnected in the fastest growing part of our state,\u201d said Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond). \u201cTo maintain our dynamic economy and our unmatched quality of life, we need to improve all of our infrastructure, from our highways to our bike trails to public transit. That\u2019s what Move Ahead Washington does. \u201cI\u2019m proud that this also fulfills our state\u2019s obligation to replace fish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":3215,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside - Sen. Manka Dhingra<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside - Sen. Manka Dhingra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"OLYMPIA \u2013 Residents on the east side of Lake Washington would see major improvements to their transportation infrastructure because of legislation passed by the Senate today. \u201cWhether we live in Bothell or Bellevue, Redmond or Renton, we are all interconnected in the fastest growing part of our state,\u201d said Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond). \u201cTo maintain our dynamic economy and our unmatched quality of life, we need to improve all of our infrastructure, from our highways to our bike trails to public transit. That\u2019s what Move Ahead Washington does. \u201cI\u2019m proud that this also fulfills our state\u2019s obligation to replace fish...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sen. Manka Dhingra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-02-16T04:23:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"650\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"386\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kenf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kenf\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/\",\"name\":\"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside - Sen. Manka Dhingra\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-16T04:23:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#\/schema\/person\/27b9a0ba0a6cdb745ec066d9de050c42\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png\",\"width\":650,\"height\":386},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/\",\"name\":\"Sen. Manka Dhingra\",\"description\":\"Putting People First\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#\/schema\/person\/27b9a0ba0a6cdb745ec066d9de050c42\",\"name\":\"kenf\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c92a82a9a23726ff7ce3914e035875d451f8ad99d942fbcd242f9396fe7e9852?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c92a82a9a23726ff7ce3914e035875d451f8ad99d942fbcd242f9396fe7e9852?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"kenf\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/author\/kenf\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside - Sen. Manka Dhingra","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside - Sen. Manka Dhingra","og_description":"OLYMPIA \u2013 Residents on the east side of Lake Washington would see major improvements to their transportation infrastructure because of legislation passed by the Senate today. \u201cWhether we live in Bothell or Bellevue, Redmond or Renton, we are all interconnected in the fastest growing part of our state,\u201d said Sen. Manka Dhingra (D-Redmond). \u201cTo maintain our dynamic economy and our unmatched quality of life, we need to improve all of our infrastructure, from our highways to our bike trails to public transit. That\u2019s what Move Ahead Washington does. \u201cI\u2019m proud that this also fulfills our state\u2019s obligation to replace fish...","og_url":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/","og_site_name":"Sen. Manka Dhingra","article_published_time":"2022-02-16T04:23:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":650,"height":386,"url":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"kenf","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kenf","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/","url":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/","name":"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside - Sen. Manka Dhingra","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png","datePublished":"2022-02-16T04:23:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#\/schema\/person\/27b9a0ba0a6cdb745ec066d9de050c42"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png","width":650,"height":386},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/2022\/02\/15\/senate-passes-transportation-package-that-would-better-connect-eastside\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Senate passes transportation package that would better connect Eastside"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#website","url":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/","name":"Sen. Manka Dhingra","description":"Putting People First","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#\/schema\/person\/27b9a0ba0a6cdb745ec066d9de050c42","name":"kenf","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c92a82a9a23726ff7ce3914e035875d451f8ad99d942fbcd242f9396fe7e9852?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c92a82a9a23726ff7ce3914e035875d451f8ad99d942fbcd242f9396fe7e9852?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"kenf"},"url":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/author\/kenf\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2022\/02\/transpo_650px_.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3214"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3216,"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3214\/revisions\/3216"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/dhingra\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}