Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Engineering/Environment Scholarship Up For Grabs

Got a high school student interested in engineering or the environment? The I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition is offering a $1,500 scholarship to a high school junior or senior enrolling in college within the next two years.

Just east of Snoqualmie Pass, the state Department of Transportation is proposing to expand Interstate 90 from four lanes to six. This stretch of freeway cuts across wildlife areas that must be protected to preserve healthy wildlife populations. The freeway expansion can improve the situation for wildlife with new structures that allow wildlife to safely travel over or under the freeway. Information on these 'bridges' that can be used in preparing materials for the scholarship can be found here.

And Applications can be downloaded here. Use the search box at the top right of the pageand type in 2013 Bridging Futures.

Applications must be postmarked by May 3, 2013.

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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.