Start of Highway 14 improvements inches closer

It seems that delays, delays and more delays have been the name of the game when it comes to the Highway 14 safety improvement project. Originally, work on the heavily used Camas-Washougal roadway was supposed to begin earlier this year, but holdups in the property acquisition process pushed the project off of its original time line several times.

During last night’s Camas City Council meeting, however, Washington State Department of Transportation representatives sounded more certain than ever that construction would begin just after the new year. And the $57 million in funding, which at times has appeared to be in jeopardy, now seems to be firmly in place.