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Spokane staff outline Complete Streets update to require bike, pedestrian amenities and safe construction passage
Summary
City staff described an update to the Complete Streets ordinance that would remove exceptions so more intersections and streets are built to bicycle and pedestrian plan standards and require pedestrian passage through construction zones to meet ADA goals.
City staff presented an update to the city’s Complete Streets ordinance at a site presentation at Sinto in the Lincoln neighborhood, saying the change would remove exceptions that previously let some projects skip bicycle and pedestrian amenities and would require pedestrian passage through construction zones to support Americans with Disabilities Act compliance.
The update "takes away exceptions for different projects that we had in the original ordinance so that more intersections and streets will be built with all of the amenities that are called for in the bicycle master plan, the pedestrian master plan, and our upcoming Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance Plan,"…
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