Spokane Valley to proceed with Sprague project; concerns over aquifer, congestion remain

(The Center Square) – Spokane Valley will reduce Sprague Avenue to three lanes between University and Herald Road under an approximately $3 million project awarded to Halme Construction, Inc. on Tuesday.

The project has the valley at odds, as community members have continually expressed concern over the lack of data pointing to current impacts on an aquifer beneath the road, expected congestion and the construction of a crosswalk outside an intersection. 

During Tuesday’s meeting, Councilmember Rod Higgins cast peoples’ feelings of resentment aside, noting the whole point of the project is to prepare for increasing stormwater regulations from the Department of Ecology. 

“We could have done just the bare minimum, or we could do in advance what we knew [the Department of Ecology] was going to do,” Higgins

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