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The final push in constructing the long -anticipated North Spokane Corridor is underway, and developers say the 10.5-mile highway is entirely funded and on track to be completely finished by 2030.
Oct. 30—More than 20 years ago, Spokane County set forth with an ambitious plan to connect Spokane Valley and northern Spokane with a wider, safer and quicker thoroughfare. After years of delays ...
(The Center Square) – In the midst of a housing shortage, the Spokane City Council asked the state to delay a 160-acre land exchange on Monday as a Redmond-based development company hopes to ...
The Lakeside Subdivision is a railway line in eastern Washington running about 149.4 miles (240.4 km) from Sunset Junction, west of Spokane to Pasco. It is operated by BNSF Railway and is considered part of the Northern Transcon. The line is used by the Portland section of Amtrak's Empire Builder.
Separate lines would serve key areas north of the river, such as the Spokane County Government Center and the Spokane Arena, and areas south of the river such as the Browne's Addition neighborhood, Downtown Core, and University District. [12] To facilitate transfers, the two lines would intersect and cross over one another in Downtown Spokane. [13]
The state purchased the line in February 2007 for $5.6 million, after lobbying from grain growers in the region. [4] [5] The Inland Northwest Rail Museum was constructed in 2016 in Reardan, Washington, adjacent to trackage owned by EWG. The museum is home to several pieces of historic railroad equipment from Eastern Washington. [6]
BNSF began work last year on a second track from Hauser, Idaho, to Spokane Valley, running parallel to its existing mainline, to accommodate the train traffic that's expected to almost double by 2035.
The thoroughfare last saw a transformative change in 2000, when Spokane County turned Sprague into a one-way street and a couplet with nearby Appleway Boulevard. The project was intended to ...