Transportation and Infrastructure
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Hot seat: Strickland defends Democrats’ work on gun control
Washington state’s newest member of Congress says the best way to pass federal gun control legislation is for voters to turn out and elect more Democrats this November. U.S. Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Tacoma, made those comments to Axios two days after the shooting in Uvalde, Texas that killed 19 schoolchildren and two teachers. Driving the news: During an interview…
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Strickland Funds Safety Improvements for Homestead Park in University Place
Lakewood, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $500,000 in federal funding for the City of University Place’s Homestead Park redevelopment for the Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. With this funding, the City of University Place will be able to implement safety and visibility improvements. “This federal funding will make much-needed safety improvements to…
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Strickland Highlight the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
Lakewood, WA – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) hosted Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi at the Chambers Creek watershed, to discuss how the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act can help address the South Sound’s infrastructure needs. This was Speaker Pelosi’s first visit to Washington’s South Sound. Local leaders and several federal officials…
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Strickland Secures Funds for Nisqually Tribe Housing Project
Lacey, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $2,800,000 in federal funding for the Nisqually Indian Tribe’s Nisqually Housing Development Road project for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. Using this federal allotment, the Nisqually Indian Tribe will be able to follow through on its long-term plan for sustainable community housing. “This critical…
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Strickland Enhances Access to Public Transit
Lacey, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $3,000,000 in federal funding for Pierce Transit’s Spanaway Transit Center and the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Station Completion (at Pacific Avenue/SR 7 BRT route’s southern terminus) for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. With this funding, the Spanaway Transit Center will serve working families. “As…
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Strickland, Cantwell, Inslee Visit I-5 Nisqually River Bridge Project
Olympia, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Senator Maria Cantwell, and Governor Jay Inslee, and received a tour of the I-5 Nisqually River bridge project on Monday, April 11, 2022. The tour was hosted by the Nisqually Indian Tribe. Following the tour, Strickland, Cantwell, and Inslee joined a roundtable conversation with other local elected leaders…
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Strickland Improves Accessibility for People with Disabilities In Tacoma
Lakewood, Washington – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) secured $3,000,000 in federal funding for the City of Tacoma’s pedestrian accessibility improvements for the federal Fiscal Year ending September 30, 2022. With this funding, the City of Tacoma will be able to construct 400 curb ramps that have been requested by people with disabilities and where there…
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Strickland Secures Wins for WA-10, Over $12 Million for South Sound Community Projects
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) released the following statement after she secured $12.55 million for eight community projects to benefit the South Sound. Strickland’s local Community Project Funding (CPF) requests were signed into law by President Biden as part of H.R. 2471, the FY22 omnibus appropriations package. “I am grateful that President Biden…
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TACOMA TO PORTLAND IN AN HOUR? ULTRA-HIGH-SPEED RAIL CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. HERE’S HOW.
BY U.S. REP. MARILYN STRICKLAND The South Sound is a dynamic part of our globally connected region that deserves a fast connection to other major jobs centers up and down the Interstate 5 corridor. Imagine getting on a high-speed train in Tacoma and being in Portland in less than an hour at speeds of up…
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Strickland Urges State Legislature to Support High Speed Rail
Lacey, WA– Today in The News Tribune, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), called on the Washington State Legislature to fund ultra high speed rail to better connect the South Sound to other destinations along the I-5 corridor from Portland, OR to Vancouver B.C., significantly reducing both travel time and demand on our highways and local transit…