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Pasco council rejects purchase agreement for 3.9-acre parcel for future Harris Road overpass; orders staff to refine needs
Summary
Council voted 4–2 to reject a staff-backed purchase and sale agreement for roughly 3.9 acres intended for a future Harris Road (Road 108) overpass, then unanimously struck a related capital budget ordinance so staff can return with a narrower, engineering-defined parcel recommendation.
The Pasco City Council on Jan. 23 voted down a resolution to ratify a purchase-and-sale agreement for a roughly 3.9-acre parcel that staff said is being considered for a future Harris Road/ Road 108 overpass. After the resolution failed, council unanimously voted to strike a related capital-projects ordinance so staff can return with engineering-defined recommendations for a smaller parcel.
“This is an approximately 3.9 acres of property, that would be a future site for Harris Road Overpass, Road 108 Overpass,” Deputy City Manager Sid Bell told the council, noting the overpass concept is in the city’s capital plans and that overpasses are important because the city is bisected by a freeway. Bell said staff are “extremely preliminary” in design and that the Road 76 overpass design recently received a grant and that design costs…
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