November 19, 2009 in Washington Voices

Better paving for Spokane Valley will cost more

Price will increase by $900,000, Rawls tells council

John Craig The Spokesman-Review

New street standards proposed for Spokane Valley could prove costly for the city as well as people waiting to get sewer service.

Spokane County Utilities Director Bruce Rawls told the City Council Tuesday that a planned increase in residential paving standards would cost an estimated $900,000 next year.

That’s just the portion for patching the trenches where sewer lines are laid in residential streets. It doesn’t include the cost of paving the unexcavated portions.

The county sewer fund pays to patch the trenches, and the city pays to extend new pavement to the rest of the affected streets. Rawls offered …

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