SEATTLE — Sen. Patty Murray announced Friday that $80 million of the White House’s $56 billion supplemental budget request has been set aside to rebuild the Hurricane Ridge Day Lodge that was destroyed in a fire earlier this year.
The lodge was reported a total loss after a fire broke out on May 7. The lodge had been closed for $11 million worth of renovations since March 27, which included upgrades to the building's fire detection and notification systems.
Hurricane Ridge Road reopened to public visitors on June 27.
The $80 million requested would be used for the full redesign and rebuild of the lodge, as well as interim facilities. It would be rebuilt on the existing footprint.
President Joe Biden set aside $375 million of his $56 billion supplemental budget to repair and rebuild federal facilities and roads that were damaged as a result of wildfires in Washington and snowstorms in California.
“When I visited Hurricane Ridge in August to see the damage from the fire firsthand and meet with staff on the ground, I promised that I would do everything in my power to ensure that Olympic National Park has the funding it needs to rebuild this important site,” said Sen. Murray. “I took what I heard during that visit directly to the Biden administration, to make sure the President’s team understood what an important priority this was for Washington state and especially our communities in the Olympic Peninsula.”
Originally built in 1952 as a ski lodge, the lodge saw about 300,000 visitors each year.
