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Walla Walla County debates use of economic‑development sales tax for road and interchange projects; approves $500,000 for Mill Creek flood work
Summary
County commissioners debated three requests to spend the county's economic‑development sales tax funds on Fish Hook Park Road (concrete upgrade), the US‑12/Clinton interchange (design/right‑of‑way) and Mill Creek CAP‑205 (flood reduction). The board tabled or set aside two items for more coordination and approved $500,000 for Mill Creek (split $250,000 loan/$250,000 grant).
Walla Walla County commissioners on Feb. 9 weighed competing requests to use the county's economic‑development sales tax revenue for three infrastructure projects, approving only the Mill Creek flood‑damage reduction package while deferring broader decisions about road projects.
Public Works and County Engineer Joel Dickerson asked the board to contribute to a set of projects that would be partially funded by the regional Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Port. The largest debate centered on a request to upgrade Fish Hook Park Road from asphalt to concrete, a change Dickerson said would improve life‑cycle costs but that increased the county's local match by roughly…
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