Last Thursday the City of Spokane Engineering Department held an open house at Chase Middle School to discuss the upcoming 37th Avenue Rehabilitation and Water Main Project. Starting in April 2016, the city will install a 36″ water main from Regal Street to Havana Street, repave the entire length of 37th, add sidewalks and bike lanes to both sides of the road. The project also includes improvement of stormwater management from the Hazel’s Creek area the city-owned empty lot at Rebecca and 37th (see rendering above).
The city has started a blog for this project where you can see all the details and leave comments for the city. You can also send your comments to Julie Happy at the city.
There is a new 114-unit apartment complex being proposed for Southgate and the SEPA comment period is open till Wednesday, September 23rd. The Palouse Trails Apartments are designated low-income housing with all the units being available for people making 50% the local median income. It is being developed by Whitewater Creek, the same group that is developing the 360 apartment units on 55th Avenue. It is projected that this project will generate 758 new trips on Palouse Hwy. with 60% headed toward Regal Street and 40% going towards Freya Ave.
The SNC Land Use Committee submitted comments related to project connectivity and possible impacts to the Palouse Hwy. Crosswalk project that will connect Copper Hill and Clareview to the Target site. The developers responded to our comments by saying they will continue the 12′ wide bike/pedestrian trail that runs along the north side of the Target site for the full length of their project’s frontage. I encourage neighbors to look at the project’s SEPA application and site plan (see above) and submit their own comments to the city. Comments can be sent to John Halsey at the City of Spokane at jhalsey@spokanecity.org. If you have any questions, please leave a comment and we will try to address them.
Check our Minutes and Agendas page for the minutes of the August meeting for your review and the agenda for our September meeting. See you on Wednesday at ESD 101!
We have had a long sumer or road closures here on the South Hill with portions of Freya St., Glenrose Rd., Palouse Hwy, Havana St., and Ray St. all being closed at one time or another. It looks like we will get our share next year as well.
The city has announced and Open House and public meeting next week to discuss the repaving of 37th Avenue from Regal St. to Custer St. The meeting will be Thursday, September 10th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Multi-purpose room of Chase Middle School.
The work next year will resurface the roadway and add in-fill sidewalks along 37th where they are missing. At the same time the city will be working on improving storm water drainage from Hazel’s Creek to their facility at Rebecca St. and 37th Ave. with some work on Freya Street.
You can also read a copy of the letter to property owners along 37th for more information.
I hope we’ll see you there to learn about the newest improvement to our neighborhood.
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