Multiple Car Crash Backs Up Traffic
An accident involving multiple cars completely shut down westbound I90 near the Washington-Idaho State Line around 5:30 this morning,
according to KREM 2 News.
The four-car crash is thought to be caused by icy conditions. It snarled traffic for a couple hours until lanes were reopened again at 7:20 a.m.
Apparently it was icy enough on the roads taht the Idaho Transportation Department have de-iced roads on their side of the state line.
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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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