PUYALLUP, Wash. — Completion of a major road project that is expected to improve Washington state’s highway and freight network while reducing congestion could be delayed over funding concerns.
The Puget Sound Gateway Program, which spans King and Pierce counties, is experiencing an approximate $155 million funding gap, the Washington State Transportation Commission was told March 18. The state told commission members if it delayed the project by a year, it could make that money up through tolling portions of state Route 509 and 167.
One of the biggest pieces of that project is the SR 167 Completion Project in Pierce County. Once complete, it will connect the end of state Route 167 in Puyallup to Interstate 5 in Fife and the Port of Tacoma…