{"id":7096,"date":"2019-03-12T17:08:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T00:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:08:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T00:08:56","slug":"phase-1-of-north-1st-street-revitalization-project-getting-underway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/phase-1-of-north-1st-street-revitalization-project-getting-underway\/","title":{"rendered":"Phase 1 of North 1st Street Revitalization Project Getting Underway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Preliminary work on the\nlong-awaited North 1st<\/sup> Street Revitalization project will likely get\nunderway later this week and more construction activity will be taking place\nstarting early next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tapani Inc, based\nin Battleground, Washington, is the general contractor for\nPhase 1 of the three-phase project. Tapani crews will\nbegin saw cutting pavement this Thursday, March 14th<\/sup>, in preparation\nfor excavating underground utility lines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a result, the\noutside, northbound lane of North 1st<\/sup> Street near its intersection\nwith R Street will be closed to traffic for most of the morning this Thursday\nbeginning at 8:00 am.  That afternoon,\nthe outside, southbound lane of North 1st<\/sup> Street near its\nintersection with R Street will be closed for saw cutting until about 6:00 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saw cutting work\nwill impact traffic on sections of North 1st<\/sup> Street beginning this\nFriday, March 15th<\/sup> and lasting through next Wednesday, March 20th<\/sup>.  Rolling closures of the outside, northbound\nlane of North 1st<\/sup> Street between R Street and N Street will occur\nfrom Friday to next Wednesday between 7:30 am and 6:00 pm.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early next week,\npossibly as soon as Tuesday, March 19th<\/sup>, Tapani crews will begin\nexcavating aging utility lines (water, sewer, stormwater), which are being\nreplaced as part of the revitalization project. The project also includes\nreconstructing the North 1st<\/sup> Street roadway, rebuilding sidewalks,\ninstalling new lighting, building new median islands, redirecting utility\nlines, and enhancing landscaping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The North 1st<\/sup>\nStreet Revitalization Project is intended to improve safety for drivers and\npedestrians and increase the economic development potential of the North 1st<\/sup>\nStreet corridor, one of the main entrances to the city.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase 1 includes improvements being made between Highway 12 to the north and about N\nStreet to the south. It is estimated to cost about $3.3\nmillion and is being paid for mostly with federal and state funds.  Phase 1 is scheduled to be completed by the\nend of 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase 2 includes improvements from about N Street to the north to about I Street to the\nsouth. It is scheduled to begin in spring 2020 and be completed by the end of that\nyear.  Phase 2, which is estimated to\ncost about $3 million, will be paid for mostly from revenues generated through\na $20 annual car tab fee adopted by the Yakima City Council during its 2018\nbudget process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phase 3 includes improvements from about I Street to the north to MLK Jr. Boulevard to the\nsouth. It will also be paid for mostly by revenues generated from car tab\nfees.  Construction on Phase 3, which is\nestimated to cost about $9.2 million, is scheduled to begin in spring 2021 and\nbe completed by the end of that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regular updates on the progress of the North 1st<\/sup> Street Revitalization Project will be provided through the City\u2019s various communications platforms including the City website, City social media sites, news releases, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

North 1st Street Revitalization Project Begins – News Release<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Preliminary work on the long-awaited North 1st Street Revitalization project will likely get underway later this week and more construction activity will be taking place starting early next week. Tapani Inc, based in Battleground, Washington, is the general contractor for Phase 1 of the three-phase project. Tapani crews will begin saw cutting pavement this Thursday,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7096"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7098,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7096\/revisions\/7098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}