When a bridge is hit and damaged by a truck, or a landslide takes out a road, those are emergencies that qualify for extra money, grants, and faster response times. When your bridge is shut down by neglect and a failure of lawmakers in Olympia, that’s not an emergency, and you’re on your own.
When a truck struck the Bullfrog overpass on westbound I-90, it took only months to replace it. After a truck damaged the White River Bridge, repairs took only months, and businesses in Buckley and Enumclaw qualified for emergency loans.
It turns out there are emergencies, and then there are emergencies. Not all are treated the same…