City Partners With Kendall Yards To Keep Road Pollutants Out Of River
One of the 'buzzwords' gaining momentum in transportation in recent years has been 'public-private partnership' and Spokane has formed one of their own. The City is partnering with the Kendall Yards development to divert a portion water that runs off city streets, carrying pollution and toxins, from ending up in the Spokane River.
The Spokesman-Review's 'Getting There' column has the story.
About SRTC
SRTC is the federally designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for Spokane County. Urbanized areas with populations exceeding 50,000 people are required to have an MPO. SRTC was formed to address the county's transportation planning needs. It provides coordination in planning between the public, cities, small towns, the county, the state, transit providers, and tribes.
SRTC offers services including transportation monitoring, transportation modeling, census information analysis, travel demand forecasting, historical traffic count analysis, geographic information systems, and trip generation rates.
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