Transportation Improvement Board awards ML funds for overlay project

By CARA LORELLO

Staff Reporter

Thanks to some extra funding left over from motor vehicle fuel tax collections, the Washington state Transportation Improvement Board awarded a fuel tax grant to the city of Medical Lake that will pay for the majority of a two-inch street overlay project this summer.

The city was one of 18 Washington cities to receive a grant from TIB, according to a distribution agreement issued to the city, signed on May 23. The street selected for overlay is Hallett, specifically three blocks between Lake and Campbell streets.

The city submitted an application for the grant la...