Senate approves money for new tribal road October 24th, 2003 (Washington DC) – The Lower Elwha Tribe will get $2.3 million for a new road. Washington Senator Patty Murray says the money’s in a Senate Transportation bill that passed late last night. The tribe will use the money to build an all-weather primary access road connection from the reservation west of Port Angeles to the Clallam County road system adjacent to the flood plain. Also in the bill is $688,000. for Clallam Transit. The agency can
use the money to replace and repair buses. |