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Grants and loans will support communities making emergency repairs to critical infrastructure.
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APRIL 14, 2025
For Immediate Release
A broken road and a burst pipe: Public Works Board announces emergency awards
Grants and loans will support communities making emergency repairs to critical infrastructure
OLYMPIA, Wash. – In early February, the Town of Concrete, on the western slopes of the North Cascades, experienced freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall. Then, the snow stuck around
for weeks. Airport Way, a school bus route, quickly deteriorated, cracking and seeping.
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Damaged asphalt on Airport Way in Concrete.
Now, state funds are on the way to help fix the failing roadway. The Public Works Board <https://links-2.govdelivery.com/CL0/http:%2F%2Fpwb.wa.gov%2F/1/0101019635320a31-ad41d321-7d64-4451-9426-a5a264
6db360-000000/fDoSUtsx8vvKZMTc3wPLBBOMFV-dcupLSj42eoVpZaM=400> recently announced $1.19 million in emergency funding for two projects, split between Airport Way in Concrete and emergency
wastewater repairs in Toppenish, in the Yakima Valley. These awards support needed fixes for essential infrastructure, preventing further damage and disruption in communities. Both
awards are a mix of grants and low-interest-rate loans.
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Concrete, in Skagit County, will receive $185,000, which includes a $157,250 loan at 1.38% interest and a $27,750 grant. This will help Concrete “complete a critical road project near
schools and address a substantial fiscal need due to an emergency,” said Andrea Fichter, the town’s clerk-treasurer.
On the other side of the mountains, the City of Toppenish will receive $1 million for the Wastewater Treatment Plant Emergency Improvements project. This includes a $500,000 loan at
0.86% interest and a $500,000 grant. In late winter, the treatment plant had a sludge pipe burst from pressure. This “caused the foundation of a building to heave, raising in elevation
by approximately six inches,” City Manager Dan Ford wrote in a memo.
The problems are “catastrophic in nature and present an immediate threat for processing wastewater,” the city said. The Public Works Board’s emergency funding will help to replace about
80 linear feet of pipe and other infrastructure.
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this latest round of awards, the board has approximately $1.8 million in emergency funding remaining.
Photo: Another patch of damaged roadway on Airport Way in Concrete.
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Media Contact: Maria Jawad <mailto:maria.jawad@commerce.wa.gov> , Public Works Board Executive Director, 360-688-6008
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About the Washington State Public Works Board
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