The Washington city received a $9.6 million federal grant to fund quick-build traffic calming and bike and pedestrian infrastructure projects.
The Spokane, Washington City Council approved a resolution to “direct the Public Works Department to implement adaptive design strategies for transportation infrastructure within the City of Spokane to be paid through the Traffic Calming Measures Fund,” reports Vinny Saglimbeni for KREM.
The resolution focuses on “ temporary improvements that provide quick, low-cost solutions for reallocating street space to address an opportunity or to mitigate an existing concern.”
The resolution will support new safe streets infrastructure and traffic calming measures. Projects will be funded through a $9.6 million federal Safe Streets grant. According to the city, “This proposal would allow traffic calming measures to be implemented quickly across the city, especially in historically excluded communities that lack current traffic safety measures.”
Read the full story: Mayor Lisa Brown speaking on Safe Streets infrastructure
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