{"id":862393,"date":"2026-02-03T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/news\/snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T13:46:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:46:43","slug":"snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/02\/03\/snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Snohomish County projects get funding from federal bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EVERETT &mdash; Elected officials secured funding for a number of Snohomish County infrastructure projects through recently approved federal spending bills, lawmakers announced.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/02\/03\/us\/politics\/government-shutdown-2026-house-vote.html?smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">approved a spending deal<\/a> to continue funding much of the government through the end of September. President Donald Trump signed the bill into law Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The following projects in Snohomish County received federal funding appropriations as part of the spending bill, according to press releases from Rep. Suzan DelBene (D-Medina) and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA):<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Arlington will receive $850,000 to build a multi-use trail along Highway 531 to provide a pathway for pedestrians and cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Bothell will receive $1.1 million to go toward improving water utilities in the Woodcrest neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Edmonds will receive $850,000 to help pay for a new, larger food bank in a new location.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; The Port of Edmonds will receive $1.2 million for part of a project that will strengthen a seawall and replace a boardwalk.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; The Port of Everett will receive $250,000 to rebuild a dock in its South Marina.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Marysville will receive $4.1 million to help fund an overcrossing at a railroad track along 156th Street NE.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Monroe will receive $850,000 to help study and design five railroad crossings throughout the city, in an effort to improve safety emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Mountlake Terrace will receive $850,000 to help pay for repairs to the city&rsquo;s library, where it operates a warming and cooling center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Snohomish will receive $3.2 million that will go toward a new campus for the city&rsquo;s fire and police departments.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Community Transit will receive $2 million to be put toward the expansion of its Swift Green Line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; EvergreenHealth Monroe will receive $1.5 million for an expansion of its specialty care facilities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; The Snohomish Conservation District will receive $1.2 million to go toward an all-ages educational facility known as the Snohomish County Natural Resources Center.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Snohomish County will receive $1 million that will go toward widening the on and off ramps at northbound State Route 525.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; Sno-Isle Libraries will receive $250,000 to help fund an early learning library in Lake Stevens.<\/p>\n<p>&#8226; The Washington State Department of Transportation will receive $1 million to go toward multimodal transportation along Alderwood Mall Parkway from Highway 525 to 168th Street SW.<\/p>\n<p><em>Will Geschke: 425-339-3443; <\/em><a href=\"mailto:william.geschke@heraldnet.com\" target=\"_blank\"><em>william.geschke@heraldnet.com<\/em><\/a><em>; X: <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.x.com\/willgeschke\" target=\"_blank\"><em>@willgeschke<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal spending bill approved Tuesday brings in millions for infrastructure projects across the county. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1126,"featured_media":862394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1085,2,1024],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-862393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","category-news","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/heraldnet.com\/2026\/02\/03\/snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Snohomish County projects get funding from federal bill","url":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/02\/03\/snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/2026\/02\/03\/snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/41480496_web1_TSR-EDH-MarysvilleTrainCrossing-260203-fs.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/02\/41480496_web1_TSR-EDH-MarysvilleTrainCrossing-260203-fs.jpg"},"articleSection":"Local News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Geschke"}],"creator":["Will Geschke"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"HeraldNet.com","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2026-02-03T09:30:00Z","datePublished":"2026-02-03T09:30:00Z","dateModified":"2026-03-27T20:46:43Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Snohomish County projects get funding from federal bill\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/03\\\/snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/03\\\/snohomish-county-projects-get-funding-from-federal-bill\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/41480496_web1_TSR-EDH-MarysvilleTrainCrossing-260203-fs.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.heraldnet.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/8\\\/2026\\\/02\\\/41480496_web1_TSR-EDH-MarysvilleTrainCrossing-260203-fs.jpg\"},\"articleSection\":\"Local News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Will Geschke\"}],\"creator\":[\"Will Geschke\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"HeraldNet.com\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2026-02-03T09:30:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T09:30:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-27T20:46:43Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/heraldnet.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862393"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862393\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":873423,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862393\/revisions\/873423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/862394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heraldnet.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}