The Hood River-White Salmon Bridge Replacement Project will receive an additional $8 million in federal funding after Congress approved two separate requests late last week. This latest round of funding comes just months after the project was awarded a $ 200 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Public Works Director Dave Anderson told Councilors that the Oregon Department of Transportation did an inspection and report on the structure crossing Mill Creek Near Safeway and recommended replacement.