Projects

Safe Streets for Spokane

Project Number: 2024068 – Package #1

Status: Design

Construction Start Date: Estimated fall 2026

Construction Completion Date: Estimated fall 2027

Project Description

The goal of the Safe Streets for Spokane projects are designed to enhance safety at crosswalks in the city core, connect sidewalks on arterial streets, and add or replace pathways and stairways. These projects will help create safer routes for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Locations

The projects being installed during the first cycle (2026-2027) include:

• Maple Street Toll Plaza: Remove and rebuild existing stairway and sidewalk. Build a shared-use pathway connecting from bridge up the hill to Ash Street.
• 14th Avenue to 18th Avenue and Perry Street Stair Rebuild and Sidewalk Infill: Install sidewalk infill along Perry Street between 14th and 18th Avenues. Rebuild the 14th Avenue stairways and connecting pathway, ADA curb ramps, as needed.
• 13th and 16th Avenues at Southeast Boulevard: Install a Rectangle Rapid Flashing Beacon (RRFB) at each intersection with curb bumpouts/partial refuge island and crosswalks.
• Centennial Trail/Columbus Street: Install raised crosswalk for the Centennial Trail crossing at Columbia Street.
• 5th Avenue and Monroe and Lincoln Street: Install an RRFB at each intersection. Potentially add an advance flasher on the hill at Lincoln Street.
• Mission Avenue and Regal Street: Install a Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon at the crosswalk.
• Laura and Ivory Streets at Newark Avenue: Install curb bumpouts, and refuge islands at each intersection.
• Riverpoint Boulevard by WSU Spokane Campus Orange and Green Parking Lots: Install a raised crosswalk at each location
• Ben Burr Trail at Spokane Falls Boulevard: Install a crosswalk at the west end of the bridge, creating a pass through in the median.
• 4th Avenue and Howard Street: Install a raised intersection.

*Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFB) are a pedestrian activated system mounted on either side of a crosswalk that flashes bright yellow lights, notifying drivers that a pedestrian will crossing the street.

Construction Estimate: $4 million

Background Information