WA governor’s $1B borrowing plan to buy new ferries sinks in Legislature

By: Tom Banse

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: February 24, 2026

Words: 1,173

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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Budget writers in the Washington Legislature on Monday declared their intent to eventually buy more hybrid electric ferries to modernize the state ferry fleet.

But newly unveiled House and Senate transportation spending proposals left at the dock a $1 billion borrowing request from the governor to pay the tab, raising doubts about when and how a new shipyard order might happen. The budget plans would also further pause the conversion of existing diesel …

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