Grant secured, emergency declared for collapsed road repairs in Tulalip

For five weeks, the group of 23 residents has had to travel by foot over rushing waters.

TULALIP, Wash — Heavy rain last month caused a Snohomish County culvert to collapse under water pressure, leading to a neighborhood road collapse. But ever since the single road to their homes buckled five weeks ago, nearly two dozen neighbors have been stuck on an island, cut off from all emergency services.

The 23 residents, including schoolchildren and the elderly, have had to travel by foot over rushing waters past the dilapidated culvert, which sits beneath 12th Avenue Northwest.

“They’re, of course, very anxious to get that

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