Congressman-elect Denny Heck today convened stakeholders from throughout the South Sound for a roundtable discussion on the importance of completing State Route 167. His main message: "Completion of SR-167 is my number one priority. Is it yours?" Unanimously, the group agreed

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The group also discussed the importance of mobilizing grassroots support for the project. As Representative Hans Zeiger noted, "I should be getting e-mails daily from my constituents on this issue." This begs the question: have YOU talked to your lawmaker lately about the need to complete SR-167.

One other minor, but important note: WSDOT Secretary Paula Hammond noted that the Department has renamed the project. No longer will they refer to it as the SR-167 Extension, but rather, the SR-167 Completion project. As she pointed out, SR-167 was first conceptualize in the 1950s with construction beginning in the 1980s. We hear a lot about the need to finish what we started, and SR-167 supporters agree: this highway needs to be completed just like other half-built projects.