Broken roads, old ferries and devastation left by December’s storms are top of mind for the Democratic and Republican leaders on the Legislature’s transportation committees.
That’s where the agreement ends.
Washington state legislators see a tough couple of months ahead for transportation spending. The short session begins Monday and won’t see massive changes to policy. Lawmakers have just 60 days to tweak the $15.5 billion transportation budget agreed to during last year’s 105-day session. In the meantime, roads continue to deteriorate, and the cost of the state’s megaprojects continues to rise, as does the plan to electrify the ferry system.
