Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Funding Challenges Loom For NSC

How to fund the rest of the North Spokane Corridor is up in the air. Nearly $600 million has been allocated to the new freeway so far, but an additional $1.3 billion is needed to complete it, and the economic outlook isn't so rosy considering the economy at this time.

Here's an article from yesterday's Spokesmab-Review detailing where the NSC stands now.

2 comments:

Charles said...

Well at least they are going ahead with the Francis Bridge, hope the city changed their requirement for the bike lane on the bridge. I would not want to be sandwiched on a bike between a semi and a 42 inch concrete wall like the city was proposing for the bike lane.

SRTC Staff said...

I haven't seen anything about it recently @Charles. I'll have to look into it. You're right, sounds a little uncomfortable.


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