Highway 12 Project Awarded Historic Grant

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Highway 12 Project Awarded Historic Grant

The stretch of Highway 12 between Walla Walla and the Tri-Cities is a well-frequented route by Whitman students, faculty and staff and it serves as a critical transportation link for eastern Washington. Congress recently approved a historic $109 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to continue expanding the highway to a four-lane corridor, across all its phases. This is one of the largest rural grants of its kind that the dep…