Work has been on-going in the Washington Legislature on a transportation budget for the 2017-19 biennium. 14th District Senator Curtis King is chair of the Senate Transportation Committee. He says they have are trying to implement projects in the 16-year Connecting Washington plan approved in 2015, but money is an issue with gas tax revenues stagnant. King says the proposal from Senate Republicans has added five million dollars to address winter road damage. He says one of the new projects he would like to include is for safety improvements for the railroad crossing on Walnut Street in Bingen.