Sammamish gets federal stimulus dollars

March 13, 2009

New: March 13, 11:16 a.m.

Sammamish is due to receive $3.5 million in federal stimulus funding for an extension of its East Lake Sammamish Parkway project.

The Puget Sound Regional Council announced March 12 which projects it had selected to receive funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

Nine projects from King County or its cities will receive economic recovery money from the Federal Highway Administration, while another three county projects will receive funding through the Federal Transit Administration. Read more