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Pullman council approves street, intersection and stormwater projects; library reports rising use
Summary
At its March 4 meeting Mayor Francis Benjamin said the Pullman City Council approved an Arterial Streets resurfacing project, intersection and pedestrian-crossing improvements, and accepted a bid for the DeCamp stormwater facilities; the city’s library reported year‑over‑year increases in checkouts, program attendance and new cards.
The Pullman City Council on March 4 approved several transportation and stormwater projects and heard an annual report showing rising use at the city library, Mayor Francis Benjamin said in a meeting recap.
The council approved moving forward with the Arterial Streets Resurfacing 2026 project, which the mayor said will resurface portions of College Hill, including Northwood Drive from Teraview Drive to Westwood Drive, and Teraview Drive from Northwood Drive to Airport Drive. Construction was described in the meeting recap as expected to be completed during the summer of 2025.
Council members also approved next steps in a citywide intersection improvement project affecting nine traffic signals and a citywide pedestrian crossing improvement project that the recap said includes installation of rectangular rapid‑flashing beacons with pedestrian push buttons at four Pullman intersections.
Separately, the council accepted a bid from POW Contracting for work on the DeCamp stormwater facilities, described in the recap as part of the city’s stormwater management system. The mayor said construction on the DeCamp facilities project is expected to be completed in the fall of 2025.
Library Director Dan Owens presented the Neal Public Library’s 2024 annual report. Mayor Francis Benjamin said the library recorded year‑over‑year increases in the number of items checked out, attendance at library programs and issuance of new library cards. The meeting transcript includes a numeric entry for total checkouts that is not clear (the transcript reads “02/4842”); the specific total was not specified in the meeting record. Benjamin characterized that level of circulation as “the same as every person in Pullman checking out something each month.”
Ned Warnecke, chair of the Historic Preservation Commission, gave an update on the commission’s work, the mayor said; the recap did not include further detail about that presentation. The mayor also recognized council members Anne Parks and Tremaine Gaither for participating in the Washington Collaborative Elective Leaders Institute, a four‑month leadership training program mentioned in the recap.
The mayor said there is no council meeting scheduled for the next two weeks and the next meeting is set for March 25. He directed residents to the city website to view the full meeting recording and offered his contact information for additional questions.
