After having gathered ideas and input at multiple public meetings, through a community-wide survey, and during several City Council sessions, the top notch design team that has been working on concepts for a potential Downtown Yakima Central Plaza will reveal its finished, final design on Monday, October 6th at the Seasons Performance Hall. The design
The City of Yakima’s successful efforts to boost the number of people flying in and out of the Yakima Airport have gotten a helping hand from the U.S. Department of Transportation in the form of a $290,000 Small Communities Air Service Development Program (“SCASDP”) grant. The City plans to utilize the SCASDP grant to both
Installation of speed bumps will impact drivers during most of the day on October 1st on the portion of 45th Avenue between Summitview Avenue and Chestnut Avenue. That section of 45th Avenue will be closed to all through traffic on Wednesday, October 1st from 7:00 am to 3:00 pm while the speed bumps project is
The City of Yakima and the American Civil Liberties Union (“ACLU”) will present separate proposals to a federal judge this Friday, October 3rd in response to the judge’s August 22nd ruling that requires the City’s current method of electing Council members to change. In his August ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Thomas Rice determined that
An ongoing citywide street repaving project that began in May will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 29th through October 3rd. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. From Monday, September 29th through Friday, October 3rd, periodic lane closures will
Crews from the City of Yakima will be working on making improvements to parts of the City’s stormwater drainage system that may impact traffic during the day in two parts of Yakima between Tuesday, September 30th and Thursday, October 2nd. Crews will be working off the shoulder in and around the 300 block of Chalmers
A three-block section of Yakima Avenue will be closed to all traffic for a good portion of the day on Monday, September 29th while crews repair and repave the street. Yakima Avenue between 19th Avenue and 22nd Avenue will be closed from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm while the project is underway. Detour routes utilizing
Following formal charges being filed on Monday, September 22nd against five of the seven people who were arrested during a multi-agency sting earlier in the month, the City of Yakima has revoked the businesses of a half-dozen so-called “Asian Massage” outlets. The buildings where each of the outlets were located have been posted with an
Replacement of a water line will result in the closure of South 6th Street between East Maple Street and East Beech Street on Thursday, September 25th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. Detours around the construction site will be available, but because of heavy traffic volume in
The relocation of a traffic signal pole and the activation of the relocated pole will impact drivers during the evening of September 23rd in the area near the intersection of 16th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard. Crews from the City of Yakima and Knobel Electric will begin setting up cones and diverting traffic around the
