Highway preservation at center of new WA transportation budget
Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday signed a spending plan for the state transportation system that he said bolsters preservation of highways and will “deliver projects that Washingtonians rely on to get to where they need to go.”
The $16.6 billion supplemental budget expends about $1.2 billion more than the two-year transportation spending blueprint lawmakers approved last year. Under another bill, Washington will do more borrowing to cover added transportation spending.
The largest share of new budget outlays is for preserving and maintaining highways and bridges. Ferguson has made this a focal point in his first term as governor.
“I called on the Legislature to make a historic investment in our infrastructure and they delivered,” he said before signing Senate Bill 6005. “Our state needs to keep investing.”
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2026/03/31/highway-preservation-at-center-of-new-wa-transportation-budget/