BILL REQ. #:  S-4528.1 

     TO THE HONORABLE LYNN PETERSON, SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND TO THE WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION:
     We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:
     WHEREAS, Washington State University was founded in 1890 as Washington's original and largest land-grant university; and
     WHEREAS, Washington State University is internationally renowned for its programs in chemical engineering, veterinary medicine, agriculture, animal science, food science, plant science, architecture, neuroscience, and communication; and
     WHEREAS, Washington State University brings higher education resources to all Washingtonians through its satellite campuses in Spokane, the Tri-Cities, and Vancouver; and
     WHEREAS, The Washington State University Creamery has won national awards for its delicious cheeses, the most famous of which is Cougar Gold; and
     WHEREAS, State route number 26 serves as the primary transportation corridor for moving students to and from Washington State University and for transporting the many goods produced at the university to the rest of the state; and
     NOW, THEREFORE, Your Memorialists respectfully pray that the Washington State Transportation Commission commence proceedings to name state route number 26, beginning at the junction with Interstate 90 in the vicinity of Pasco, thence in an easterly direction to the city of Colfax, as the Crimson and Gray Cougar Highway to honor the great contributions that Washington State University has made to the state of Washington and the spirit of the university's alumni.
     BE IT RESOLVED, That copies of this Memorial be immediately transmitted to the Honorable Lynn Peterson, Secretary of Transportation, the Washington State Transportation Commission, and the Washington State Department of Transportation.