City Wants Trade Winds Property To Build Gateway
The city of Spokane is talking with the owners of the old Trade Winds Motor Inn just off I-90 in downtown Spokane about a possible property swap, with the intention of tearing down the motel to create a more appealing entrance to the city center.
City officials say the motel has a negative visual impact on travelers entering the city from the Lincoln freeway exit; one of several eyesore locations the city wants to spruce up,
Here's the history on the hotel and the City's full plan of what they'd like to do with the property. And be sure to read the comments following the story; well worth your time.
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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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