Sunday's closure of Interstate 90 at Stateline, ID was a rare event, but how rare is it to have trucks carrying hazardous materials travel through our area on the freeway? Not rare at all, according to KHQ News. In fact, there are hundreds every day. How big of a risk does this pose for our area? And how are these trucks regulated? KHQ has the answer in the video below.
Spokane, North Idaho News
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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