Editing Tenino, Washington (section)

==Infrastructure==
Tenino is situated along the old route of [[U.S. Route 99|Highway 99]] which bisected the town. The community's fortunes and growth waned, with traffic being diverted away from Tenino after the construction of Interstate 5 in the 1950s and 1960s.<ref name="FSATT"/>

Into the 2000s, Tenino was bereft of a local sewer system with most residences and businesses relying on septic. A master plan for a centralized system, including a waste treatment facility, was introduced by the town council in 2002.<ref name="FSATT"/>

The community is served by ruralTRANSIT, a free bus service provided by the Thurston Regional Planning Council. The transportation system into South Thurston County has been in place since the mid-2000s and provides access to other transit operations, including [[Intercity Transit]] and [[Lewis County Transit]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=The Chronicle staff |title=Bucoda the newest stop for free ruralTRANSIT bus service; second stop added in Tenino |url=https://www.chronline.com/stories/bucoda-the-newest-stop-for-free-ruraltransit-bus-service-second-stop-added-in-tenino,376429 |access-date=March 19, 2025 |work=The Chronicle |date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>