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Spokane County outlines 10-year corridor plan, eyes federal and state grants to pay match
Summary
Public Works presented a long-range corridors map and grant strategy that would leverage about $6 million in county funds annually into roughly $56 million of road work when combined with state and federal grants; major projects highlighted included Argonne, Wall Street, Market Street and a potential railroad crossing elimination in the Valley.
Spokane County public-works staff on July 21 presented commissioners with a long-range corridors and grant strategy that envisions roughly $56 million of annual roadway investment when county funds are combined with state and federal grants and local match.
Why it matters: County staff said the plan is a multi-year build-out that relies on aggressively pursuing grant programs, pairing county match with state and federal funds, and staging large corridor projects in bite-sized pieces to make scales of work feasible and to minimize the county fund burden.
Funding and scale: Staff said county funds available for capital average about $6 million per year and that, with matched grants, the county typically leverages that into approximately $32 million for capital plus maintenance and preservation spending. Public Works reported about $5 million per year goes to…
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