Washington State Approves $11.4 Million for Richland Highway Corridors and Pasco Transit Hubs
The Washington State House has approved the 2026 supplemental transportation budget, delivering significant infrastructure investment to the Tri-Cities region. The LEAP transportation document associated with ESSB 6005 outlines $11.4 million allocated for improvements to the SR 240/Richland Corridor and SR 244 Red Mountain, while the proposed budget also includes grants for Ben Franklin Transit’s West Pasco Multimodal Hub and Downtown Pasco Multimodal Hub. Nedes Estimating The supplemental budget updates the 2025-27 transportation plan, bringing the total statewide budget to approximately $16.5 billion. For Tri-Cities contractors, the combination of corridor improvements and multimodal transit infrastructure represents a meaningful wave of publicly funded work coming to the region in the near term.
