Thursday, November 19, 2009

Snow-Rain Mix Causes Accidents

A mix of snow and rain falling this morning caused a string of traffic accidents. A series of collisions was reported starting about 7 a.m. in northern Spokane County on Eloika and Eloika Lake roads and on the West Plains, including accidents at Hayford Road and U.S. Highway 2 and Brooks Road and state Highway 902.

No word yet on injuries.

Snoqualmie Pass was open to traffic with snow and slush on the highway. Stevens Pass on U.S. 2 had compact snow and ice and a temperature of 28.

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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.