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Spokane Valley awards $2.01 million contract for Sprague Avenue preservation; council requires vibration monitoring
Summary
The Spokane Valley City Council unanimously approved a $2,006,789 contract with Inland Asphalt to resurface and make ADA and stormwater improvements along Sprague Avenue at State Route 27. Council and staff described outreach to businesses, added vibration monitoring for a nearby museum and said the project is mostly grant-funded.
The Spokane Valley City Council on Sept. 2 unanimously awarded the Sprague Avenue Preservation at SR‑27 contract to Inland Asphalt for $2,006,789 and authorized the city manager to finalize and execute the construction contract.
The project covers Sprague from Bowdish to McDonald and will upgrade stormwater facilities, realign curb ramps at Houck to current ADA standards, overlay the roadway with a 2‑inch asphalt grind-and-overlay and restripe lanes to narrower widths intended to calm traffic while keeping the same number of travel lanes. Engineering Manager Erica Amston said the work will not eliminate lanes or reduce capacity.
Amston said the project will include curb‑ramp upgrades and a paving “fabric interlayer” advertised as an alternate required by the federal funding type. “It will increase the quality of the street and the longevity of the street,” Amston said, explaining the interlayer reduces reflective cracking where new asphalt overlays old concrete.
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