Photo Courtesy Of The Prairie Protection Association.
That's always a bad sign.
The Spokesman-Review reports “Spokane County Commissioners are plowing ahead with a plan to widen Bigelow Gulch Road despite a federal lawsuit that could block or delay federal funding for the project.”
Federal funds would total $12 million out of the $58 million proposal, making this a risky financial maneuver to begin construction on the part of the county. Why the lawsuit?
Orchard Prairie neighbors sued to stop the Bigelow Gulch freeway project through the Center For Justice, asking for a more thorough environmental review on an expansion that will drastically impact the pastoral, 100-year-old community. “They are going to take a huge amount of cropland with this project,” said Don Hamilton, a resident of the area, in the S-R. Community members believe the county is trying to build a connector for the south end of the partially completed North Spokane freeway at Francis Avenue and Freya Street. As previously mentioned, The U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration allegedly failed to fulfill requirements by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the federal Administrative Procedures Act (APA).
Also, one plaintiff alleged he was asked to leave for trying to record county officials at a public meeting two years ago about the proposal. More.
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Photo Courtesy Of The Prairie Protection Association.
That's always a bad sign.
The Spokesman-Review reports “Spokane County Commissioners are plowing ahead with a plan to widen Bigelow Gulch Road despite a federal lawsuit that could block or delay federal funding for the project.”
Federal funds would total $12 million out of the $58 million proposal, making this a risky financial maneuver to begin construction on the part of the county. Why the lawsuit?
Orchard Prairie neighbors sued to stop the Bigelow Gulch freeway project through the Center For Justice, asking for a more thorough environmental review on an expansion that will drastically impact the pastoral, 100-year-old community. “They are going to take a huge amount of cropland with this project,” said Don Hamilton, a resident of the area, in the S-R. Community members believe the county is trying to build a connector for the south end of the partially completed North Spokane freeway at Francis Avenue and Freya Street. As previously mentioned, The U.S. Department of Transportation, and the Federal Highway Administration allegedly failed to fulfill requirements by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the federal Administrative Procedures Act (APA).
Also, one plaintiff alleged he was asked to leave for trying to record county officials at a public meeting two years ago about the proposal. More.
