WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
In Washington state, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act has been used to ensure that states and Tribes have been able to engage on the historic preservation process for a broad swath of important infrastructure projects, including the construction of the Alaskan Way Viaduct in downtown Seattle, US 12 and SR 240 improvements in the Tri-Cities, US 395 North Spokane Corridor, improvements to Olympic and Mount Rainier National Parks, the ongoing replacement of the I-5 Bridge across the Columbia River, and the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, among others. Successful historic preservation has helped keep costs down and avoid delays in project...