Washington asking feds for $76M for flood damage to highways

By: Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: July 30, 2026

Words: 615

Last Updated: 4 days, 9 hours ago

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Washington is seeking an estimated $76 million in federal reimbursements for repairs to highways damaged in December’s historic flooding.

The state expects the Federal Highway Administration will reimburse most of the repair costs, but officials say it will likely take years.

This ask is separate from the state’s previous pleas for federal funding to recover from the storms that devastated thousands of homes, forced tens of thousands of Washingtonians to evacuate from flooded …

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