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Council approves keeping four lanes on Wheeler Road, agrees to cover $250,000 chip‑seal cost
Summary
After a July meeting with Wheeler Industrial Corridor stakeholders, the council voted to keep Wheeler Road as four lanes, authorize chip seal and restriping at a city cost estimated at $250,000, and noted potential grant consequences from TIB if the configuration is changed.
The Moses Lake City Council voted to keep a two‑mile section of Wheeler Road configured as four lanes and to cover the approximate $250,000 chip‑seal and restripe cost after hearing stakeholders’ concerns and staff options.
Why it matters: Staff said keeping four lanes would make the project ineligible for Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) funding for that segment and could reduce the city’s score on future TIB grant applications. Alternatively, staff explained, removing the two‑mile section from the current contract or proceeding as originally approved (three lanes) would carry other fiscal or community tradeoffs.
Levi Isnett, the city…
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