U.S. DOT sends $1 million to Washington state to repair SR 410 landslide damage

Oct. 21, 2009

The U.S. Department of Transportation is making $1 million in quick-release emergency relief funds available immediately to Washington for urgent road repairs needed after a massive landslide. The funds will help repair State Rte. 410, which was heavily damaged by the Nile Valley landside.

"We are working with Washington to restore this key transportation link and to help people get moving again," U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood said.

The U.S. Department of Transportation is making $1 million in quick-release emergency relief funds available immediately to Washington for urgent road repairs needed after a massive landslide. The funds will help repair State Rte. 410, which was heavily damaged by the Nile Valley landside.

"We are working with Washington to restore this key transportation link and to help people get moving again," U.S. DOT Secretary Ray LaHood said.

The $1 million will help Washington repair and reconstruct the highway and limit the extent of the landslide damage. Washington can also begin the preliminary design and engineering work necessary to rebuild the portion of SR 410 damaged by the mammoth landslide that uplifted and pushed a quarter-mile section of the highway into the Naches River. The damage resulted in the closure of a 47-mile section of SR 410 from Mount Rainer National Park.

LaHood said the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) will continue to work with the Washington State Department of Transportation to assess the damage.

FHWA's emergency relief program provides funds to states for the repair or reconstruction of federal-aid highways damaged by natural disasters or catastrophic events.

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