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Did Marie Gluesenkamp Perez get a fixed-span I-5 bridge approved?

Matches stated direction. She wrote the Coast Guard backing a fixed span the day before it agreed to one; the decision was the Coast Guard's, on the states' request.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

A fixed span for the I-5 bridge

Matches stated direction

What they say

In the October 7 KOIN 6 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez said that when it was unclear whether the Coast Guard would require a movable span, which she said would add at least $1 billion, she fought hard and made sure the bridge got a fixed span.

What the record shows ·

On January 15, 2026 she wrote to Rear Adm. Arex Avanni, the Coast Guard's Northwest commander, backing the bridge program's request for a fixed span with 116 feet of clearance. On January 16 the Coast Guard told the program it would allow the fixed span. Washington Governor Bob Ferguson says he also met Coast Guard leaders to make the case.

Limit: Her letter backed the outcome a day before it came; the decision was the Coast Guard's, on the states' request. The $1 billion cost gap she cites was not checked.

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  1. KOIN 6 WA-03 debate, Gluesenkamp Perez on the fixed-span decision, 45:14https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY7ixWLOS8U&t=2714s

    KOIN 6 · Published Oct 7, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    45:14-45:25. Paraphrased, not quoted: the only transcript is the video's English captions, with no second transcript to check the wording against.

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  2. Letter to Rear Adm. Arex Avanni on the I-5 bridge clearance (document)

    Office of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez · Published Jan 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Dated January 15, 2026. She supports the program's request for a fixed span with 116 feet of clearance.

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  3. Gluesenkamp Perez Calls on Coast Guard to Approve Cost-Effective Fixed-Span Replacement of the Interstate (I-5) Bridgehttps://gluesenkampperez.house.gov/posts/gluesenkamp-perez-calls-on-coast-guard-to-approve-cost-effective-fixed-span-replacement-of-the-interstate-i-5-bridge

    Office of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez · Published Jan 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Her office's release of January 16, 2026, on the letter sent the night before.

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  4. Plans for I-5 replacement bridge move ahead with decision allowing fixed spanhttps://interstatebridge.org/resources/program-news/plans-for-i-5-replacement-bridge-move-ahead-with-decision-allowing-fixed-span/

    Interstate Bridge Replacement Program (WSDOT and ODOT) · Published Jan 16, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The two states' program, January 16, 2026: the Coast Guard told it that day it will allow a fixed span at 116 feet. Governor Ferguson says he met Coast Guard leaders to make the case.

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