{"id":2712,"date":"2022-02-18T13:41:37","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/?p=2712"},"modified":"2022-02-18T13:41:37","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T20:41:37","slug":"lets-talk-transportation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/2022\/02\/18\/lets-talk-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Talk Transportation!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear neighbors,<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re wrapping up another eventful week in the legislature and to top it off, our Virtual Town Hall hosted Wednesday was a big hit! We received many great questions and survey responses, so we\u2019ve decided to do another event this coming week! (Scroll below for more info)<\/p>\n<p>Your legislators have been busy. Here\u2019s a look at how the week has been going:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Let\u2019s talk Transportation!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2713 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/This-Week-10-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"470\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/This-Week-10-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/This-Week-10-768x644.png 768w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/This-Week-10.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/strong>If you ask anyone, they\u2019ll tell you that Good Safe Roads are fundamental to my service in the legislature and as a public servant. From my 31 years in the State Patrol to my time serving as<\/p>\n<p>Snohomish County Sheriff, I know the importance of a safe route of travel.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, I am <strong>proud to report that the Senate passed a historic, almost $17 billion transportation package<\/strong>. This will have a major impact on working families; without placing the burden on them.<\/p>\n<p>With a cost-effective approach and multiple streams of funding, we\u2019ve succeeded in passing $1.2 billion in active transportation and $3 billion in transit programs and investments. This will help with the US-2 Trestle Replacement, support our transit system, improve our Centennial Trail and more. Please join us on our virtual Coffee Chat this week for the full scoop!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please Join us for a virtual Coffee Chat!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2714 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/44th-VTH-FB-Event-Cover-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/44th-VTH-FB-Event-Cover-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/44th-VTH-FB-Event-Cover-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/44th-VTH-FB-Event-Cover-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/44th-VTH-FB-Event-Cover-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/44th-VTH-FB-Event-Cover-847x477.png 847w, https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/lovick\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/02\/44th-VTH-FB-Event-Cover.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/>This week\u2019s virtual Town Hall went so well that we\u2019re gathering for another, shorter virtual chat. I\u2019d like to hear what\u2019s important to you! Please join me and my seatmates, Representatives April Berg and Brandy Donaghy, on Thursday, February 24th, 6-7pm via Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great opportunity for us all to sit down and hear your concerns. While you may not know us, we would love to get to know you! I will be taking all the questions I can get to, but you can also submit them ahead of time by clicking here.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure you don\u2019t miss it, Register Here&#8211;&gt;<\/p>\n<p>And! Like &amp; Follow my Facebook page at www.facebook.com\/SenJohnLovick<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My phone is always on, and my door is always open!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Honored to serve,<\/p>\n<p>-Senator John Lovick<br \/>\n44th Legislative District<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear neighbors, We\u2019re wrapping up another eventful week in the legislature and to top it off, our Virtual Town Hall hosted Wednesday was a big hit! We received many great questions and survey responses, so we\u2019ve decided to do another event this coming week! (Scroll below for more info) Your legislators have been busy. Here\u2019s a look at how the week has been going: &nbsp; Let\u2019s talk Transportation! If you ask anyone, they\u2019ll tell you that Good Safe Roads are fundamental to my service in the legislature and as a public servant. From my 31 years in the State Patrol&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":2713,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Let&#039;s Talk Transportation! - Sen. 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