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On Tuesday, August 16, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell joined local leaders in Bothell to celebrate the $19 million Federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant recently awarded to the Bothell Way Widening Project.
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This
overall
project
is
63
million
dollars.
It
will
widen
Bothell
Way
and
it
will
add
some
of
those
assets,
some
of
those
pedestrian
bike
facilities
that
we
know
are
great
not
just
for
convenience
and
for
exercise,
but
also
for
just
moving
people
around
far
more
efficiently,
as
well
as
far
better
for
the
climate.
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We
get
calls
on
this
on
a
pretty
regular
basis
and
we're
excited
that
we
have
better
answers
to
give
them
now.
Another
major
aspect
of
this
is
there's
three
fish
passages.
There's
going
to
be
three
culverts
involved
in
this
project,
Senator
Cantwell
I
know
you
have
been
involved
in
leadership
and
getting
funding
for
that
for
a
federal
level.
Thank
you
for
that.
That's
really
important,
not
just
for
our
salmon
population,
but
also
for
the
Orca
that
rely
on
them
as
a
food
source.
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To
help
help
improve
the
rest
of
that
Creek
as
well
so
I
we've
got
some
great
speakers
here
with
us
today,
first
off
I'm,
going
to
turn
it
over
to
Rick
Elgin
Fritz
he's
the
CEO
of
Community
Transit
who's,
going
to
be
able
to
run
that
Swift
green
line
down
here
and
well
Rick.
Take
it
away
thanks
for
coming.
Thank.
B
You
mayor
Thompson,
what
a
glorious
day
to
be
here
in
Bothell.
This
is
really
a
unique
event
and
what
makes
it
unique
is
the
Synergy
that's
taking
place
between
all
of
the
public
agencies
that
are
collaborating
to
make
things
happen
here
in
this
community
in
this
County
people
have
been
talking
and
joking
about
infrastructure
for
decades
for
years,
and
it
is
actually
happening
here.
It
is
happening
now
we
get
to
celebrate
the
wisdom
of
our
Congressional
and
federal
leadership
in
moving
through
the
infrastructure
act.
B
So,
based
on
the
state's
investment
in
the
green
line,
the
fed's
investment
in
this
project
we're
able
to
speed
up
the
extension
of
the
green
line
by
a
couple
of
years
so
that
it
will
open
when
the
Sound
Transit
stride
Line
opens
so
that
people
who
live
here
in
around
Bothell
north
of
Bothell
east
of
Bothell
west
of
Bothell,
will
have
multiple
options
to
get
around
and,
as
we
were
talking
before,
the
event
started.
Mobility
is
one
of
the
key
ingredients
to
make
all
these
other
public
Investments
work
for
people.
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So
we're
proud
to
be
part
of
it.
We're
excited
to
work
with
you
and
your
staff
mayor
to
implement
this
project
and
for
those
of
you
in
the
audience,
if
you
have
an
opportunity
to
peruse
some
of
the
graphics
you'll
see
the
cross
section
over
here
that
integrates
the
transit
Investments
with
the
city
infrastructure
Investments
to
provide
those
options
for
people
so
we'll
be
working
on
it
starting
this
summer
into
next
fall
and
you'll
see
service
out
here
in
a
couple
of
years.
So
thank
you.
A
Thank
you
so
much
one
really
cool
thing
about
Bothell
is
that
we
have
a
couple
different
colleges
here:
we've
got
UW
Bothell,
Dr
esterberg
is
here
and
we've
also
got
Cascadia
and
Dr.
Marie
is
going
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
what
this
project
means
in
terms
of
moving
students
in
and
out
and
getting
folks
to
the
university
thanks,
Dr
Marie.
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C
It
allows
them
to
live
here
to
work
here
and
to
go
to
school
here
so
that
we
can
ultimately
put
them
back
into
our
community
into
our
Workforce
and
without
this
kind
of
access,
we're
not
successful
at
in
at
at
our
prosperity,
at
increasing
our
ability
to
add
to
the
economy,
and
so
the
campus.
We
benefit
greatly
from
this
effort
from
both
what
the
city
has
done.
What
the
federal
government
has
done,
I
want
to
give
a
special
shout
out
to
Community
Transit.
C
We
have
over
400
buses
that
visit
our
campus
every
day
and
we're
in
constant
communication
with
the
transit
agencies
about
how
to
improve
that,
so
that
we
can
help
our
students
succeed.
So
thank
you
both
for
the
efforts
that
you've
put
in
and
I
know
that
our
campus
is
going
to
thrive
because
of
these
changes
thanks
so
much.
A
Thank
you,
Dr
Murray
state,
senator
Stanford
is
going
to
come
here
next
and
he
has
been
a
huge
Champion
for
this.
He
has
helped
us
get
some
of
the
previous
funding
for
this
project
in
earlier
phases
in
the
state
budget,
and
we
appreciate
working
with
you
and
well
I'm,
going
to
stop
talking
about
you
and
just
hand
this
over
to
you
and
let
you
say
a
few
words.
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This
really
is
a
tremendous
project.
It's
been
a
long
time
in
the
making,
and
it's
about
providing
real
opportunities
and
real
options
to
people
for
more
Transit
and
biking
access,
the
ability
to
get
where
where
people
need
to
go
because
transportation
is
not
just
an
end
in
itself,
right.
It's
about
having
opportunities
to
get
to
jobs,
to
find
housing
to
find
educational
opportunities,
and
this
really
strengthens
our
community
and
the
entire
region
by
providing
these
options
here.
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This
is
a
tremendous
example
of
collaboration
between
local
government
state
government
and
the
federal
government
all
coming
together,
working
together,
planning
together
to
build
opportunity
and
a
better
future
for
our
whole
region.
So
I'm
tremendously
excited
about
it
and
thank
you.
Senator
Cantwell.
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Well,
thank
you
mayor.
Thank
you
so
much.
Oh,
my
gosh.
It's
so
great
to
be
here
in
Bothell
today
and
to
see
so
many
of
you
and
to
see
how
much
Bothell
continues
to
grow.
People
may
not
realize
it,
but
Bothell
is
a
very
important
economic
education
and
quality
of
life
hub
for
people
in
Puget,
Sound
and
people.
Here.
E
As
we're
talking
about
your
legislators,
your
Senator
and
your
two
Representatives
cloba
and
doer
and
Senator
Stanford
are
working
very
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
get
the
transportation
dollars
that
we
need
here
in
our
state
to
make
this
community
of
very
viable
livable
great
place
to
live
now.
My
poor
team
on
the
way
over
here
had
to
listen
to
Old
Bothell
stories,
I
told
them
I
told
them.
E
You
don't
realize
in
the
pioneering
days
people
used
to
be
you
know
fur
Traders
out
here
and
they
would
catch
should
get
their
Furs
and
they
would
row
all
the
way
down
the
slough
all
the
way
to
Lake
Washington
and
then
basically
get
in
in
a
in
a
carriage
and
sell
into
Seattle
and
then
come
back
at
night.
They
didn't
have
time
to
row
all
the
way
back
so
they'd
sleep
in
their
boats
and
get
up
and
row
back
to
Bothell
at
the
end
of
that
very
very
long
period.
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So
this
has
always
been
a
pioneering
place
and
now
you're
pioneering
how
to
have
education,
how
to
have
a
growing
Tech
sector
and
how
to
integrate
a
livable
community.
So
I
just
want
to
thank
the
mayor
and
the
council
and
everybody
here
for
continuing
to
help
us
grow
within
Puget
Sound
and
yet
make
the
right
choices.
Thank
you
for
mentioning
the
Culvert
work,
because,
in
addition
to
the
2.2
billion
dollars
that
the
federal
government
passed
in
the
infrastructure
investment
Bill,
we
had
a
specific
section
in
there.
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That
said,
you
have
to
plan
also
for
the
migration
and
fish
passage,
something
we
hadn't
necessarily
always
done.
When
we
made
our
transportation
investment,
we
call
it
fish
infrastructure,
but
because
we
built
so
much
Transportation
throughout
Puget,
Sound
oftentimes.
Not
thinking
about
these
culverts
or
streams,
the
consequences
is,
it
has
impacted
our
salmon.
So
thanks
for
using
dollars
to
continue
to
Daylight
and
increase
capacity
of
these
streams,
it
will
help
us
in
Puget
Sound,
but
we're
here
today
to
talk
about
the
widening
of
a
specific
lost
Link.
E
If
you
will
to
making
this
area
connect
to
this
big
education
Hub
that
we
call
Cascadia
and
the
University
of
Washington
Branch
campus.
This
is
so
important
to
help
educate
people
in
Puget
Sound
and
to
make
it
work
for
students
so
having
the
rapid
transit
system
be
able
to
connect
people
here
and
from
other
places.
I
love
Rick
your
description.
It's
almost
hard
to
get
people
to
understand
that
Bothell
in
the
region.
E
But
again,
if
you
go
back
to
that,
pioneering
pioneering
history,
it's
the
same
whether
you
were
coming
from
Finn
Hill
or
whether
you
were
coming
from
Canyon
Park
or
whether
you
were
coming
from
where
Woodinville
is
today
like
it's
a
little
Hub
at
the
top
of
the
lake
that
connects
the
entire
region
and
it's
continued
to
grow
in
such
an
enormous
way.
It
takes
that
Hub
to
make
sense
of
it.
E
So
today,
we're
making
sense
of
it
by
building
the
last
link
of
a
connector,
so
that
the
lanes
that
you
see
here
on
this
diagram
that
this
kind
of
capacity
for
buses,
cars
and
individuals
and
roadways
will
all
connect
this
region
in
a
much
more
safe,
secure
and
easy
Mobility
way
that
is
so
critical
to
having
vibrant
communities
today.
I
think
the
city
and
the
state
for
planning
of
this.
E
The
big
news
is
that
of
the
100
million
dollars
that
the
state
of
Washington
got
out
of
the
federal
infrastructure,
Bill
and
seven
projects,
this
19
billion
dollars
that
we're
talking
million
dollars.
That
we're
talking
about
here
is
the
biggest
investment
that
Bothell
has
ever
had
in
transportation
infrastructure
from
the
federal
government.
E
And
we're
we're
so
glad
to
make
this
investment,
because
we
know
that
it's
improving
safety.
We
know
that
it's
improving
quality
of
life
and
it's
making
sense
of
the
Swift
link
system
to
better
connect
everybody
throughout
the
region.
So
thank
you
to
everybody
for
making
this
a
great
success
and
planning
for
our
future.
Thank
you
for
everybody
who
is
thinking
about
the
livability
aspect
of
this,
and
just
thank
you
for
helping
us
grow
in
smart
ways
in
Puget
Sound
it's
hard,
but
you
guys
are
doing
it.
So.
A
A
So
much
we'll
be
able
to
use
that
tool
to
help
address
some
of
the
other
really
big
picture
issues
that
we
face
as
a
society.
So
so
thank
you
everybody
for
coming
here
tonight.
Oh,
the
one
last
thing
I
wanted
to
say
is
when
we
can
move
more
people
in
and
out
of
a
city
Brittany
from
the
chamber
couldn't
make
it
today,
but
that's
more
people
coming
into
town
to
have
dinner.
That's
more
people
coming
into
town
to
shop!
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That's
more
people
coming
into
town
to
have
fun,
do
business
and
create
a
more
vibrant,
but
also
more
economically
sustainable
Bothell,
which
is
super
important
to
obviously
everybody
that
lives
here
and
those
of
us
that
are
making
decisions,
so
this
project
is
phenomenal
on
its
own,
but
when
you
look
at
all
of
the
other
big
picture
issues
that
IT
addresses
I
get
even
more
excited
about
it.
So
thank
you,
Senator
Campbell.
Thank
you.
Everybody
else
for
coming
out
here
today
to
help
us
celebrate
this.
We
appreciate
having
you
here.