“Both states should know that the funds provided today are only a down payment toward completing the many other repairs to the highways that the region’s thousands of residents and travelers rely heavily upon this time of year,” says Federal Highway Administrator Gregory Nadeau. “Additional resources will become available as the state continues to assess the damage.”
Oregon was hit with a series of winter storms beginning Dec. 7, which caused flooding, landslides, erosion, culvert failures and sinkholes in the northwestern section of the states. Some areas received up to 18 inches of rainfall in only three days.
Washington was affected in a similar fashion by the storms, with major flooding, saturated soils and landslides and stream bank and slope erosion. Areas hardest hit included US 12 near White Pass, US 2 near Leavenworth and I-5 near Woodland.
