Public damage costs from bomb cyclone near $20M in Snohomish County

EVERETT — Last month’s bomb cyclone caused at least $18.6 million in damage to public infrastructure in Snohomish County.

Much of the damage came to power infrastructure. The Snohomish County Public Utility District saw $15 million to $16 million in losses, spokesperson Aaron Swaney wrote in an email. He cautioned the damage estimates weren’t complete, as of Wednesday. At the peak, about 135,000 homes and businesses lost power.

The PUD reported the storm damaged 130 utility poles, destroyed over 100 transformers and damaged 33 miles of wire. It took about a week to restore every customers’ power.

Snohomish County initially reported a total of over $18 million in damage to public property, including a lower preliminary number from PUD, as well as over $2 million in damage to the city of Everett.

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