Four county towns get TIB road funds

The Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) awarded road and sidewalk improvement grants to 103 local agencies totaling $114.4 million at its Nov. 22 meeting in Bellevue. The grant funding comes from the revenue generated by three cents of the statewide gas tax dedicated by the legislature for TIB programs.

The city of Pullman received a total of $1.25 million to repair the deteriorating surface of Old Wawawai Road, to widen Bishop Boulevard and to install a traffic signal to improve traffic movement for all legs of the Klemgard intersection. Tekoa was awarded $733,000 to widen...