{"id":18269,"date":"2023-12-15T11:56:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T16:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=18269"},"modified":"2023-12-22T11:58:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T16:58:39","slug":"600m-in-federal-funding-to-go-toward-replacing-i-5-bridge-connecting-oregon-and-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/600m-in-federal-funding-to-go-toward-replacing-i-5-bridge-connecting-oregon-and-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"$600M en fondos federales se destinar\u00e1n a reemplazar el puente I-5 que conecta Oreg\u00f3n y Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/interstate-5-bridge-funding-oregon-washington-620a0f544e45a915ae9acb5e27d9de15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El programa encargado de reemplazar el puente centenario de la Interestatal 5 que conecta Portland, Oregon, con el suroeste de Washington, y sirve como un v\u00ednculo vital de transporte y comercio, recibir\u00e1 $600 millones en fondos federales, dijeron el viernes congresistas estatales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las senadoras dem\u00f3cratas de Washington, Mar\u00eda Cantwell y Patty Murray, y la representante estadounidense Marie Gluesenkamp P\u00e9rez, anunciaron la financiaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El puente cruza el r\u00edo Columbia y es un componente clave de la I-5, que se extiende por toda la costa oeste. La congesti\u00f3n del tr\u00e1fico es frecuente y m\u00e1s de 130.000 veh\u00edculos lo cruzan cada d\u00eda, seg\u00fan las agencias de transporte regionales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHay proyectos que son tan grandes y tan costosos que muchas veces no reciben financiaci\u00f3n, pero son ejes de una econom\u00eda que literalmente tienen importancia regional y nacional para ellos. Y el puente I-5 es un ejemplo perfecto de eso\u201d, dijo Cantwell a The Associated Press. Proyectos como ese necesitan apoyo financiero federal, dijo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El viejo puente corre el riesgo de derrumbarse en caso de un terremoto. Los fondos se destinar\u00e1n a la construcci\u00f3n de un reemplazo que sea s\u00edsmicamente resistente.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&quot;No hay manera de que un puente centenario siga creciendo con la capacidad y la demanda que tenemos&quot;, dijo Cantwell a la AP. &quot;Esta ser\u00e1 una inversi\u00f3n clave para ayudar a cambiar eso&quot;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Programa de Reemplazo de Puentes Interestatales recibir\u00e1 el dinero como parte de una iniciativa de subvenci\u00f3n del Departamento de Transporte federal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murray, el otro senador estadounidense de Washington, ha abogado por el proyecto durante d\u00e9cadas y lo considera una m\u00e1xima prioridad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEstoy absolutamente euf\u00f3rica de que el estado de Washington pueda contar con una afluencia verdaderamente hist\u00f3rica de d\u00f3lares federales\u201d, dijo en un comunicado de prensa conjunto con Cantwell y Gluesenkamp P\u00e9rez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los funcionarios de Oregon tambi\u00e9n acogieron con agrado la financiaci\u00f3n. El senador estadounidense Jeff Merkley lo describi\u00f3 como un \u201ccambio de juego\u201d que \u201cimpulsar\u00e1 la resiliencia s\u00edsmica en la regi\u00f3n y garantizar\u00e1 un transporte m\u00e1s seguro, r\u00e1pido y confiable para las generaciones venideras\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El dinero provendr\u00e1 del programa federal de Asistencia para Proyectos de Infraestructura Nacional, que fue creado por la ley bipartidista de infraestructura de 2021. 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