On June 23, the Spokane City Council approved the addition of 15 projects to its Six-Year Comprehensive Street Plan, and nearly all of those have at least a small element that could make it easier to walk, cycle or take public transit.
Every annual update to the street plan also gives us the opportunity to see how timelines or construction plans have changed for projects previously included in the street plan. RANGE found seven active transportation projects that have been delayed, increased significantly in cost — or both.
First, a primer on street plans
Warning: this is boring if you’re not into municipal bureaucracy, so skip ahead if you want the juicy project details.
Each year, the city is legally required to create a street plan for the following six years. Last year’s street plan ran from 2025-2030, and this year’s plan runs from 2026-2031. You might say “Amazing, is this a list of every single street project that will get built here for the next six years?”…