Green River’s Howard Hanson Dam to get $220M in federal funding

“The dam, about 21 miles east of Auburn, helps protect Kent, Renton, Tukwila and Auburn from flooding. The Green River watershed is the primary water source for the city of Tacoma. Tacoma Public Utilities also sells and supplies water to the City of Kent, the Covington Water District and the Lakehaven Water District in Federal Way.

'I am thrilled to hear that the downstream fish passage project at Howard Hanson Dam is slated for a whopping $220M in infrastructure funding,' Schrier said in a news release. 'I’ve been working with stakeholders across the 8th district to ensure this critical project be included in funding from our infrastructure package. This stands to do more for Chinook salmon populations than any other project to date. And that is something Washingtonian care deeply about.'"