The “Feet in the Street” event on Sunday, May 17th in Downtown Yakima should provide lots of family fun along with important information on bicycle and pedestrian safety. The event will begin at 11:00 am on North 3rd Street near the Yakima Farmers Market. The Yakima Police Department will host bicycle safety classes, Yakima Transit
The installation of new sewer service to a retail center will result in daytime closures of a portion of Fair Avenue tomorrow and Wednesday. Fair Avenue between Nob Hill Boulevard and Lafollette Street will be closed to all traffic from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on both Tuesday, May 12th and Wednesday, May 13th while
A project involving improvements to part of the system used to deliver electricity to local homes and businesses will result in daytime traffic delays at the intersection of 40th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard on Monday, May 11th. Crews from Pacific Power will be stringing new power lines in the area, which will result in
Improvements to several blocks of North 6th Avenue that are being made to accommodate the expansion of neighboring fruit processing facilities will impact traffic from now until late June or early July. The improvements are being made as part of the growth of Washington Fruit & Produce Company operations west of North 6th Avenue and
The Yakima City Council held its most recent regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, May 5th, 2015. Action taken by the Council on May 5th included: – Authorizing five cruising events this summer in downtown Yakima – Approval of an agreement with JEM Development for additional downtown parking space – Approving formation of a law enforcement
The installation of new sewer service to a retail center will result in daytime closures of a portion of Fair Avenue during the first three days of next week. Fair Avenue between Nob Hill Boulevard and Lafollette Street will be closed to all traffic from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm on both Wednesday, May 7th
As part of its ongoing process to evaluate the potential for establishing a community court, the City of Yakima is sending out a survey to just over 600 people who live or own businesses in the downtown area and the North First Street district to gauge their interest in using the innovative approach to address
In 2013 and 2014, the City of Yakima invested about $20 million to repave nearly 120 lane miles of roads as part of its ambitious grind and overlay project. Effective budget management of the project has allowed the City to add a section of Lincoln Avenue to the repaving list. Over the next month, the
The Yakima City Council holds its next regular agenda business meeting on Tuesday, May 5th, 2015. The meeting begins at 6:00 pm at Yakima City Hall. Items on the May 5th agenda include: – A request to hold five cruising events this summer in downtown Yakima – Consideration of an agreement with JEM Development for downtown
An online survey is one of several ways that the City of Yakima will use to gather community input on development of a Yakima Bicycle Master Plan. In addition to the survey, an interactive map is also available on the City website that allows users an opportunity to draw bike routes, point out problem areas
