Water service repairs will disrupt traffic at the intersection of 16th Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard on Wednesday, September 10th. The work will begin at 6:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. While the project is underway, traffic will be restricted to one northbound lane on 16th Avenue and one eastbound lane on
A citywide street repaving project that began about four months ago and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 8th through September 12th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project
A four-block section of Lincoln Avenue will be closed to all traffic for most of each day from Monday, September 8th through Friday, September 18th while crews repair and repave the street. Lincoln between 52nd Avenue and 56th Avenue will be closed from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm while the project is underway. Detour routes
A citywide street repaving project that began about four months ago and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 2nd through September 5th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project
Even though the data that’s been compiled during a four-month pilot curbside recycling program that the City of Yakima’s Refuse & Recycling Division conducted is still being tabulated and analyzed, all indications are that the experiment was a success. From early May through August 29th, about 540 homeowners in neighborhoods east and north of Kissel
The decision to split this year’s Lunchtime Live concert series into two sessions in order to avoid the hottest part of the summer seems to have been a fortuitous one. The last few months have seen record high temperatures. Now that the weather is cooling off a bit, the series will once again fill Downtown
In the 27 years Joan Davenport has worked for the City of Yakima, she has served in a variety of roles ranging from an entry-level Associate Planner to a Division Manager and as an acting Department Director. Beginning September 1st, Davenport will take on yet another new task as the City’s Director of Community Development.
Installation of a water line for a new business project will result in the closure of South 18th Street between East Nob Hill Boulevard and East Viola Avenue on Thursday, August 28th. The work will begin at 5:00 am and should be completed by 3:30 pm. Detours around the construction site will be available, but
Two years ago the City of Yakima began asking the community to help identify its most important challenges and opportunities by taking part in an annual citizen survey. Results of the first two Yakima Citizen Surveys have contributed significantly to decisions made by the City Council as the City’s programs and services were redesigned to
A citywide street repaving project that began in May and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from August 25th through August 29th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. The “grind and overlay” project is now
