ALGER, Wash.  (Metro)  -- Skagit Transit officials are proposing construction of a new park-and-ride off Interstate 5 in Alger. 

The agency's executive director, Dale O'Brien says the park-and-ride, which would be located on land donated in 1998, is needed for commuters who travel between Skagit County and Bellingham. 

O'Brien says funding would come from a one-point-two-million dollar state regional mobility grant awarded to Skagit Transit. 

The agency is currently working on acquiring a critical-areas variance, which is required before construction on the project can start.

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