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Sen. Murray wants more stimulus money for roads, bridges and transit
Posted by Mike Lindblom
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., introduced a new bill Tuesday to offer stimulus dollars to roads, bridges and transit projects, her staff announced.
This would be the third round of "TIGER" (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) money, to continue a program she created. Further details weren't immediately available.
Previously in TIGER and TIGER II, worth a combined $2.1 billion, the Washington state winners were Seattle's Mercer Street two-way boulevard for $30 million, the North Spokane Corridor Freeway for $35 million, the Port of Vancouver getting $10 million, and the South Park Bridge in King County receiving $34 million.
Meanwhile, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, speaking in Bellevue (Times coverage here), Tuesday, was predicting the GOP-controlled House won't boost domestic spending. And looking backward, she said, "only 5 percent of the $800 billion in the stimulus package went to transportation improvement projects."
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