City receiving $5.3 million in road grants

SPOKANE VALLEY – Sullivan Road and Sprague Avenue improvements will move ahead, thanks in part to two grants totaling more than $5.3 million.

The two National Highway Performance Program grants include nearly $4 million for the South Sullivan Road Preservation Project and $1.4 million for the Sprague Avenue Preservation Project.

The South Sullivan Road Preservation Project will receive $3.96 million, 89% of the total estimated project cost of $4.46 million.

Construction is set to start in 2025 between East Eighth Avenue and East 24th Avenue.

The project will replace failing asphalt, expand the...