Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Vision Project Editorial

You can't get away from it. The Transportation Vision Project is everywhere. Today, the Spokesman-Review published this editorial about the project and how so many people complain about needed repairs and maintenance to our roadways, but those are just a small part of improving our overall transportation system.

Don't forget the public meeting on the subject tonight. It's from 6-9 at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln in Spokane, and it WILL be interesting and informative. I've been preparing materials for the workshop and there's some pretty in-depth stuff in there. So if you've ever complained about our roads, this is your chance to do something about it, so use this opportunity.

4 comments:

Charles said...

Spokane VALLEY? I was going to walk from the 5-8 meeting at city hall, but the Spokane Valley is too far to walk.

SRTC Staff said...

Yeah, I'm having a hard time keeping everyone happy here. The Spokane Valley folks complain that they have to drive downtown all the time, so we scheduled it for the Valley and now the City folks (including City Council members) are complaining. The Cheney, Liberty Lake, and Deer Park people have quit talking to me and Rockford won't answer my calls.

The point is that this effort is countywide so we're trying to balance the meetings. The good news is that the general public meeting is tonight at the Lincoln Center, which is very close to downtown so you could walk to that one.

We're even looking for a place on the north side for our next round of meetings so we can include those folks. Can't forget our north side peeps.

Charles said...

When did the Lincoln Center move to the Valley?? And I Quote "6-9 at the Lincoln Center, 1316 N. Lincoln in Spokane Valley".

Have you tried the Northeast Community Center for meetings in north Spokane, free parking and you can see our tax dollars at work.

SRTC Staff said...

My bad Charles. I've got so many meetings going on this week that I combined two locations together it looks like.


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