Spokane Transit is inching closer to securing some of the money it needs for its Division Street Bus Rapid Transit project.
Chief Executive Karl Otterstrom says a federal agency has assigned the project a “medium high” rating. That means Spokane Transit is now virtually guaranteed to collect an $82 million grant, perhaps within a few months. Agency officials are doing the work needed to finish the application process.
Otterstrom says, assuming all goes as planned, Spokane Transit plans to begin work in 2028 to improve the conditions for bus and vehicle travel on North Division…