<p>The city of Spokane has set up a website called the Monroe Project designed to connect visitors and neighbors in the North Monroe Business district. The website gives updates on construction and lets users sign up for updates through their email. Click the button below to visit the site.</p>

<p><a class="btn" href="http://www.monroeproject.com/" target="_blank" data-warning >Visit the Monroe Project Website</a></p>
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<p><b>Project Number: 2015054</b></p>

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<p>The City of Spokane is working on a major project to improve safety, enhance the streetscape, and reconfigure traffic on North Monroe Street. The project, slated for construction in 2018, will improve pedestrian access and create a more cohesive business area, while continuing to support daily traffic volumes.</p>

<p>The North Monroe Corridor Project is about balancing a variety of needs in the corridor. The project will improve street and utility infrastructure in an integrated way that balances multiple modes of transportation with economic development, neighborhood beautification, safety, and enhanced livability.</p>

<p>The project includes reconfiguring the street from five traffic lanes to three lanes, accommodating wider driving lanes, enhanced on-street parking, and wider sidewalks. Other improvements include enhanced lighting, curb bump-outs at intersections that allow for shorter crossing distances, and three crosswalk flashing beacons.</p>

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