Walla Walla County faces infrastructure funding crisis

Walla Walla County faces infrastructure funding crisis

WALLA WALLA – Walla Walla County is grappling with a looming transportation funding crisis as maintenance costs outpace revenues, County Engineer Joel Dickerson told the Washington State Transportation Commission on April 21. Dickerson, who marked one year on the job, presented a sobering look at the county’s 1,000-mile road network, noting that 85 percent of the county’s freight and goods transportation routes are rated as “deficient.” Issues r…