Larsen announces WA share of bridge repair funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

||| FROM THE OFFICE OF REP. RICK LARSEN |||

EVERETT, WA – On Friday, January 14, Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) will join City of Everett staff to announce Washington will receive approximately $121 million for Fiscal Year 2022 and $605.1 million over the next five years in federal formula funding to address the state’s bridge needs, made possible by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Larsen will visit two bridges the City identified as needing replacement along Mukilteo Boulevard – the Merrill & Ring Creek Bridge and the Edgewater Bridge.*

On Friday, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will launch the Bridge Formula Program, the largest bridge formula program in U.S. history. The Bridge Formula Program is designed to give states, Tribes, counties and local governments the ability to repair smaller, local bridges that are critical for getting to school and work, moving commerce, and connecting communities. Details on a separate competitive grant program in the bipartisan law designed to support larger bridges, sometimes known as “economically significant bridges,” will be rolled out at a later date. According to a recent report, nearly 400 bridges in Washington state are structurally deficient, and the state has identified more than 6,500 bridges in need of repair. For more information on the FHA’s Bridge Formula Program funding to states, click here.

Since November, Larsen has held more than 50 virtual and in-person events to highlight how the bipartisan infrastructure law benefits Northwest Washington. For more information on how Northwest Washington benefits from the law, click here.