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• House, Senate panels close on transportation budget

  March 23, 2011 in City on Page A8 OLYMPIA – The two legislative committees trying to decide how to spend nearly $9 billion on transportation over the next two years “largely agree” on how to spend it, Sen. …

• House panel won’t put gas tax hike on ballot this year

  March 22, 2011 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington voters will not be asked to raise gas taxes or any other tax related to roads this fall. 2012, however, could be different. As they announced the … 22

• Freeway redraws housing footprint

  April 25, 2010 in City on Page A1 With decades of studies, draft reports, public meetings and money shortfalls, Spokane’s north-south freeway has remained more of a concept than a road. Even the portion of the freeway that … 2

• Corridor ceremony highlights grant, and the politics behind it

  February 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 One person was noticeably absent from last week’s gathering to celebrate the announcement of a $35 million federal stimulus grant for the North Spokane Corridor. U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, … 9

• $35 million grant to extend North Spokane freeway

    February 17, 2010 in City A $35 million federal stimulus grant was announced this morning to extend work on a North Spokane freeway, according to the office of U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. 4

• Freeway leg isn’t a big time-saver yet

  August 31, 2009 in City on Page A1 The north Spokane freeway may be a nice quiet stretch of concrete to drive, but it isn’t saving anyone much time. Traffic has been sparse on the 3.7-mile section since …

• Lure of the open road

        August 23, 2009 in City on Page A1 A completed north Spokane freeway – sought for more than a half-century – would bring economic growth to the region as much as it would speed traffic across the city, … 2

• Celebration planned for corridor opening

  August 21, 2009 in City on Page A5 It’s 3.7 miles of two-lane concrete, running from Francis Avenue north to Farwell Road. For Spokane, that’s reason to celebrate.

• Portion of N. Spokane Corridor opens Saturday

    August 20, 2009 in City It’s 3.7 miles of two-lane concrete, running from Francis Avenue north to Farwell Road. For Spokane, that’s reason to celebrate. 5

• Corridor waits on funds

  February 17, 2009 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Don’t look for a flood of federal or state cash to suddenly speed up construction on the 53-years-and-counting North Spokane Corridor. The federal stimulus plan, slated to be … 1

• Lawmakers search for north-south freeway funding

  February 16, 2009 in City OLYMPIA – Don’t look for a flood of federal or state cash to suddenly speed up construction on the 53-years-and-counting North Spokane Corridor. The federal stimulus plan, slated to be …

• Railway tunnel work begins

  March 13, 2008 in Voices on Page S8 A key piece in construction of a new north Spokane freeway got under way this week with the start of work on a tunnel for BNSF Railway tracks along North …

• Freeway Hearing Draws 150 Wary, Interested Show Up To Figure Impact Of Route North

  September 29, 1995 in City on Page B1 The calm, the concerned and the curious came to a public hearing Thursday to find out how a 10-mile freeway project would affect them. They peered at wall-sized neighborhood maps, …