transportation

Drivers will experience minor nighttime delays the rest of this week as crews finish striping the roundabouts east of Main Street on Valley Mall Boulevard.

Residents of Wapato are a step closer to paying a little more for road improvements. A twenty dollar fee for car tabs could be added. Wapato city leaders decided the transportation benefit area and will start a detailed plan on how the money will be used to improve the streets...

Construction projects once on hold are now moving forward in Yakima County. Almost $2-million federal transportation dollars were given to the county last month to fund two projects. Michelle Long lives only minutes from downtown Selah...

On Monday, June 25, crews begin construction on a project to improve safety for all travelers on US 97, including the furry and finned kind.

New developments have transformed many parts of Selah over the years. "This area, these hay fields are all gone," said Selah Public Works Director Joe Henne. "We now have a Les Schwab, we have Helms Hardware..." That growth added pressure to existing roads and intersections like Southern Avenue and Highway 823...

Voters could be asked in November to increase car tabs $20 to pay for street repairs. Instead of placing the issue on the November ballot, the City Council decided to hold off and wait for new Yakima City Manager Tony O'Rourke. He wants to pose the question in a community survey before the council moves to place the question on the ballot...