Issue Position: Transportation

Issue Position

I'm as tired as you are of tired of sitting in traffic on Meridian and 167. If we're going to grow our local economy, we need to focus on improving our roads. As your State Representative, I worked to secure funding for completion of Highway 167 to I-5 and the Port of Tacoma. I worked to ensure that bridge replacement funding was prioritized to the Meridian Street Bridge over the Puyallup River. We also need to complete the Cross-base Highway out to I-5, finish Canyon Road, improve Highway 162 to Orting, and widen northbound 167 into King County. As we do these things, we need to hold the Department of Transportation accountable to complete projects on time and on budget, and we need to reforms to make our transportation system more cost-effective. Finally, we need to unleash private sector infrastructure funding by authorizing public-private partnerships.

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