Myra Road News Today

The design effort will include coordination with the Washington State Department of Transportation for a multiple-lane roundabout on State Route 125.

Walla Walla is considering forming a tax increment financing district with the intention of connecting Myra Road to Taumarson Road, the next arterial street, at State Route 125.

Sweeping road repairs are planned along Second Avenue and Rose Street in Walla Walla this summer, and the city recently accepted two grants to fund similar work along Alder Street

Washington cities are a step closer to having the option to share sales tax revenue, a change Walla Walla and College Place officials say would reduce competition and encourage cooperation

In todays Safety Log, the Milton-Freewater Police Department investigates a report of a driver striking a sign and a fire hydrant before diving a vehicle through a fence.

Railroad industry news about: Washington state regulators, grant funding, safety upgrades, public railroad crossings, Yakima County, Walla Walla County, Utilities and Transportation Commission, Grade Crossing Protective Fund (GCPF). From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

UTC approves Grade Crossing Protective Fund grants for rail safety upgrades in Washington.

In today’s Safety Log, a report of a burglary led to the discovery of drugs in a Walla Walla vehicle.

A fraudulent loan highlights today’s Safety Log.

City officials say a new, temporary taxing district proposed south of State Route 125 offers a way forward for funding a Myra Road expansion and encouraging future development.