Jobs and congestion-relief project under way on north I-405

A Monday-morning groundbreaking ceremony officially announced the $19.3 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded project that will relieve northbound Interstate 405 traffic congestion in the greater Bothell area.

A Monday-morning groundbreaking ceremony officially announced the $19.3 million American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funded project that will relieve northbound Interstate 405 traffic congestion in the greater Bothell area.

The project designs and builds a new northbound freeway lane between Northeast 195th Street and State Route 527, where afternoon commuters face severe backups daily.

Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, D—Bothell, was a strong supporter of this project.

“The greater Bothell area will benefit in many ways from this project. Beyond the objective of traffic congestion relief, it provides 90 living-wage construction jobs to local workers and supports other local businesses that are struggling in this tough economy,” said McAuliffe.

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The project is funded in part by the 2005 Washington state gas-tax package and the 2009 ARRA. The federal ARRA funding means the project will be completed three years ahead of schedule in the summer of 2010.