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The '''Washington State Department of Transportation''' ('''WSDOT'''), led by a Secretary and overseen by the Governor, is a [[Washington]] governmental agency that constructs, maintains, and regulates the use of the state's transportation infrastructure. This infrastructure includes rail lines, [[List of Washington State Routes|state highways]], [[Washington State Ferries|state ferries]] (considered part of the highway system) and [[List_of_Washington_state_airports|state airports]].

In the course of aA recent campaign against a controversial 9.5c/5-cent-per-gallon increase in the state's portion of the [[gas tax]] as part of a larger overall transportation package, theresulted WSDOTin camethe underfiling attackof from[[List_of_Washington_initiatives_to_the_people#2005|Initiative conservative groups. The912]], relatedwhich initiativesought to roll back the tax increase. in the gas tax, I-912,It failed in November of 2005.

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