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Needed: Input from Business Community
Spokane Valley recently agreed with the state of Washington to hold additional public forums in order to retain state funding for the Overpass project over the railroad tracks at Trent and Barker roads. Another request from the state is to have the business community...
Washington Bike Summit Registration Open
Registration is now open for the Washington Bike Summit, to be held at Spokane Falls Community College April 29-30. This conference is for community leaders, advocates, and professionals in transportation, public health, education, tourism and anyone else interested...
Spokane Valley Evaluating Ways to Fill Gap in Road Maintenance Budget
The decline of landlines telephone could hurt Spokane Valley roads. The City has a reputation for roads in good condition, but with funding for road preservation declining, the Spokesman-Review says that Valley officials are considering raising taxes to maintain...
Barker and Flora Railroad Crossing Projects Receive Federal TIGER Funds
Great News for Spokane Valley! U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today announced that the City of Spokane...
2018 Spokane Regional Road Construction Map Available Now
There are over $100 million in road construction projects scheduled throughout Spokane County during the 2018 construction season, which generally starts this month. That means it may be a challenge getting around the area without being delayed by construction zones....
Surge in DUI Tests for Drugs Causes Backlog at Toxicology Lab
Washington’s toxicology lab is dealing with a big backlog of cases, thanks partly to a surge in requests for blood tests in suspected driving-under-the-influence cases. The Spokesman-Review reports that the lab handled almost 16,000 cases in 2017, a 9 percent increase...
SRTC Board of Directors Meeting This Week
This Thursday, March 8 is the monthly meeting of SRTC's Board of Directors. The meeting is at 1 p.m. in our conference room at 421 W. Riverside (Paulsen Center building), suite 504. The meeting agenda is here. Of particular interest at this meeting is information on...
Sullivan/Wellesley Intersection Project Community Meeting
A project to improve safety and traffic flow at the Sullivan/Wellesley intersection is the topic of a community meeting on Wednesday, Mar. 14 from 5:30-7 p.m. at East Valley High School, 15711 E. Wellesley Avenue. Community members are invited to drop by any time...
Airway Heights Transportation Plan Includes 11 Projects
According to officials on the West Plains, Airway Heights is one of the most rapidly growing cities in eastern Washington. The population grew by nearly 239 percent between 1990 and 2015, an annual growth rate of 5 percent. It has since settled into a consistent 2...
Researcher has Answer to “Phantom” Traffic Jams
You know how there is a backup every night around 5 p.m. on eastbound Interstate 90 between downtown and about the Thor/Freya exit? And every time you're thinking that there must be an accident ahead or construction slowing everything down but eventually traffic just...