Today, Representative Rick Larsen (WA-02) released the following statement:

“Finally! Trump’s Department of Transportation (DOT) released $17.5 million it was holding hostage that will now allow Skagit Transit to move forward with its new Operations facility. I have been working with Skagit Transit leadership for several years to get these dollars out the door and put to work for local transit. So great to be part of this local victory.”

Larsen helped secure the $17.5 million DOT award to Skagit County last year. He is the top Democrat on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

DOT released 123 grants today, including nine totaling over $183 million for Washington state communities: 

• $17.5 million for Skagit Transit’s Maintenance, Operations, and Administration Facility in Burlington; 

• $16 million for the Northwest Seaport Alliance’s transition to zero-emission trucks;  

• $3.84 million for Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)’s Pacific Northwest Rail Corridor Reliability - Landslide Mitigation Phase IV Project to reduce landslide blocking events along Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF)’s Scenic Subdivision at three locations between Seattle and Everett; 

• $6.45 million for WSDOT’s Puget Sound Rail Corridor Improvement Project; 

• $37.7 million for WSDOT’s Rural Rail Rehabilitation Phase III-Improving Supply Chain Efficiency and Resiliency project to replace all rail and ties on WSDOT’s Palouse River and Coulee City Rail System;  

• $14.78 million for Pierce Transit’s new gantry with depot conductive charging infrastructure for battery-electric buses; 

• $51.65 million for WSDOT’s SR 104 Hood Canal Bridge girder replacement;  

• $25.65 million for the City of Seattle’s Safe Streets initiative; and 

• $9.6 million for the City of Spokane’s Safe Streets initiative. 

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