City of Ritzville receives state transportation grants totaling $978K

The Ritzville City Council unanimously approved two grant agreements for projects from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) at its Dec. 17 council meeting, totaling almost $1 million.

The two agreements total $978,643 in grant funds that the city will receive from the state for two transportation projects it had requested to receive funding. The projects were listed on the city’s Six Year Transportation Improvement Plan, which qualify them for TIB funding.

One of the projects that was chosen to receive funding is the Weber Road and Galbreath Way Project, from Jackson Str...