A creative plan in the Washington Legislature to raise billions of dollars to pay for the court-ordered removal of fish passage barriers appears to be a pipe dream, for this year at least. With ...

The culvert project resumes in April after it was placed on hold due to a delay in getting materials, WSDOT officials said. The work will restrict parking in the area until it’s finished.

Drive most any Washington highway these days and chances are good you’ll roll up on a construction zone where contractors are restoring fish habitat. With $3.8 billion in funds from the ...

Re: “Repairing culverts for salmon passage benefits everyone” (Oct. 25, Opinion) and “Massive WA salmon recovery plan scrutinized with latest $100M project” (Oct. 27, Climate Lab): I ...

Many culverts were built in the 1950s and contribute to population declines of salmon and other fish that return to streams to spawn.

News / Northwest Up a creek: $5B culvert removal plan appears dead in WA Legislature Free A Senate plan for new borrowing to pay for the tear-out and replacement of pipes and other fish barriers ...

A 2018 photo shows a culvert along Tawes Creek, under State Route 9 north of Van Zandt, Wash. ... sewer and other projects that would be diverted to repay the culvert-removal bonds.

Culvert removal means 8-month road closure, 6.5 miles of new Pierce County fish habitat ... Work to remove the culvert under state Route 302 was delayed until April 2, 2023.

News; WA Government; Up a creek: $5B culvert removal plan appears dead in WA Legislature April 20, 2025 Updated Sun., April 20, 2025 at 8:35 p.m. A 2018 photo shows a culvert along Tawes Creek ...