Hammond Asks Congress To Move On Transportation Bill
It's day two of USDOT furlough and Washington Transportation Secretary Paula Hammond is urging Congress to move quickly to extend the current Highway Trust Fund authorization to avoid layoffs and project shutdowns.
The federal transportation funding act expired at midnight on Sunday. That has shut down construction projects, causing thousands of Department of Transportation employees to be put on temporary unpaid leave.
Here's the latest from the WSDOT, as well as Hammond's take on the situation.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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