When your bridge is shut down by neglect and a failure of lawmakers in Olympia, that’s not an emergency, and you’re on your own. After a truck damaged the White River Bridge, repairs took only months, and businesses in Buckley and Enumclaw qualified for emergency loans. Her city’s lifeline, the Fairfax Bridge over the Carbon River, which connects her town to Mount Rainier National Park, was shut down last year, and everything stopped. And while the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) moved quickly to fix Bullfrog Overpass and the White River Bridge, it could be six years before the Fairfax Bridge is rebuilt, if it’s rebuilt at all. And considering how many state bridges are in bad shape, after years of willful neglect, Peloli said they’re not asking for special treatment.