U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) announced Tuesday that Washington state would receive more than $60 million in new federal awards for four infrastructure projects.
The grants are part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure and Equity (RAISE) program and will fund projects to reduce congestion, ease supply chain bottlenecks, create jobs, and boost local economies, the senator’s office said.
Murray originally created the RAISE grant program in 2009, which was previously known as the TIGER program and the BUILD program. The current program includes $7.5 billion (a 50 percent annual increase) as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA).
“I created the RAISE program in 2009 to fund transportation infrastructure projects like these ones—projects that reduce traffic, make goods and cargo flow freely, support local economies, and create jobs in Washington state,” Murray said. “And as a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, I’ve worked to increase funding for the program so that we can get major federal investments like this one—more than $60 million across four projects—that Washington state needs to see more often.”
The awards include $20 million for the East Marginal Way Corridor Improvement Project in Seattle; $16 million for the Industrial Rail Corridor Expansion (IRCE), Port of Longview; $2.08 million for the US-12 Highway-Rail Separation Project in Aberdeen; and $22.1 million for the Granite Falls Bridge #102 in Snohomish County.