STA weighs light rail ballot wording

Voters will get their say this fall on a proposed light rail system.

But on Thursday the Spokane Transit Authority Board of Directors will choose exactly what questions voters will decide.

The board meets at 5:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at Spokane City Hall.

An ad-hoc committee of board members is suggesting the following questions:

1. Should STA identify local taxing alternatives to bring forward to the voters for approval to fund a $268 million light rail project to run from Spokane city, through the city of Spokane Valley to Liberty Lake?

2. Should STA use existing revenues to fund preliminary engineering and environmental analysis for a future light rail project to run from Spokane city through the city of Spokane Valley to Liberty Lake?