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Airway Heights council adopts 6-year transportation plan, adds two grant-seeking projects
Summary
Council approved the city's six-year Transportation Improvement Plan for 2027'032 after staff highlighted two newly added projects: a $700,000 road treatment on 21st Avenue (TIB match ~ $560,000) and a $320,000 HAWK pedestrian crossing at 9th and Hayford.
The Airway Heights City Council on June 15 adopted its six-year Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) for calendar years 2027'032, clearing the way for staff to pursue state and federal grants to advance prioritized roadway projects.
Steve Flute, the city engineer filling in for Public Works Director Miller, told the council the TIP is a state-required rolling six-year program and highlighted two additions: a road treatment for 21st Avenue from South Lundstrom to Hazelwood with an estimated cost of $700,000 and a Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) match of about $560,000, and an operational safety enhancement at 9th and Hayford, a HAWK pedestrian crossing estimated at roughly $320,000. "It won't turn it into a paved surface, but it will take an opportunity to convert it into a little harder surface and also cut down on all of the dust," Flute said of the 21st Avenue treatment.
Flute asked the council to adopt the TIP at the close of the public hearing so staff can pursue grant funding in a timely manner; the council closed the hearing and voted to approve the TIP. Flute said adoption allows the city to "press on with our program and also seek those grants necessary to get our projects done."
