WHEREAS, these events caused extensive damage to the transportation infrastructure in several counties in western Washington. The current damage costs have reached an estimated $2,191,665 as of December 24, 2001, and may continue to increase;

WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Transportation is coordinating resources to repair and clear roadways of debris to alleviate the immediate impacts upon the infrastructure, and is continuing to assess the magnitude of these events;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Gary Locke, Governor of the state of Washington, as a result of this situation and under RCW 38.08, 38.52, and 43.06, do hereby proclaim that a State of Emergency exists in Clallam, Cowlitz, Grays Harbor, Island, Jefferson, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Okanogan, Pacific, Pierce, Snohomish, and Thurston counties, and direct the supporting plans and procedures of the Washington State Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan be implemented. State agencies and departments shall use state resources and do everything possible to assist affected political subdivisions to respond to and recover from the events. Additionally, the Washington State Department of Transportation shall coordinate all event-related assistance to the affected areas.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the state of Washington to be affixed at Olympia, this 8th day of January, A.D., Two Thousand and Two.
	Gary Locke Governor of Washington
BY THE GOVERNOR: Stephen Excell Assistant Secretary of State

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