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Spokane planning staff previews Plan Spokane 2046 draft EIS and seeks public input
Summary
Tyler Kimbrell of the City of Spokane Planning Department said the Plan Spokane 2046 Draft Environmental Impact Statement will be released in 2025 for public review; the final EIS is expected to be adopted in late 2026. He described the EIS purpose, topics to be studied, and how community input will help shape the preferred growth alternative.
Tyler Kimbrell, of the City of Spokane Planning Department, said an important step in the Plan Spokane 2046 comprehensive-plan update is the Environmental Impact Statement, or EIS. “An important step of the Plan Spokane 2046 periodic update to the comprehensive plan is the environmental impact Statement, or EIS,” he said.
Kimbrell said the EIS is a way to understand how choices about future growth could affect Spokane neighborhoods and noted that in Washington State an EIS is required when undertaking a large project or plan such as updating a city’s comprehensive plan. “In Washington State, an Environmental Impact Statement is required when…
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