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Advocacy


Published on Feb 25, 2019

New 10-year transportation funding package proposed in the Senate

Contact: Logan Bahr, Brandon Anderson

The chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, Sen. Steve Hobbs (D–Lake Stevens), released his proposal for a transportation funding package last week.

The package comprises three bills:

The 10-year proposal would raise and spend approximately $17 billion on many aspects of the state’s transportation system. Major revenue sources for the proposal include a carbon fee, additional fuel tax, transportation impact fees, and vehicle weight fees. The expenditures of the proposal include:

  • State, tribal, and local improvement projects;
  • Fish culverts (state and local);
  • Highway preservation and maintenance;
  • Funding for the Transportation Improvement Board and the Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board; and
  • Ferry replacement.

A brief summary of the proposed revenues and expenditures can be found here and a more robust outline of the plan can be found here.

 

Dates to remember


The package will be heard in the Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday, February 28 at 1:30 pm.

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