Transportation and Infrastructure

Balensifer noted that in addition to increasing student safety, the project will help the overall livability downtown.

“It wouldn’t be possible without Congresswoman Bonamici’s help on this, because the cost of doing — Warrenton is low, below sea level — so the cost of doing sidewalks … is a major deal,” the mayor said. “We’re talking significant funds.”

A pedestrian corridor project that seeks to connect downtown to Warrenton High School will receive nearly $1.4 million. The project was one of 15 that U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, an Oregon Democrat who represents the North Coast, had advocated for in the package.

Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici’s community projects were approved across the board in the most recent federal funding package, sending over $35 million to governments and nonprofits in Northwest Oregon