CENTRALIA, Wash. -- This isn't the first time floodwaters have blocked I-5 at Centralia-Chehalis. It also happened in 1990 and 1996.

The Seattle Times reports that $30 million from the nickel gas tax approved by voters in 2003 was supposed to help corral the Chehalis River.

But the levee money went elsewhere because of disputes among Centralia, Chehalis, Lewis County and the Corps of Engineers over funding and maintenance.

Former state legislator Neil Amondson says, "There's a lot of hand-wringing, but no one comes to a decision."