<p>During initial design of the project the City received numerous requests from Monroe Street businesses, most of which can be summarized by the following:</p>

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	<li>To minimize the duration of the impact of the project in one construction season, and</li>
	<li>To maintain traffic flow through the project.</li>
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<p>The City has learned from experience on previous projects that allowing vehicle traffic within the contractor&#39;s work area greatly slows down construction production. We could not identify an option that completely supported both of these requests simultaneously. Therefore we will focus on shortening the construction time as much as possible. We plan to employ two contractors on this project working simultaneously in order to complete the job in a single construction season.</p>

<p>Contractors on the two projects will complete their work in stages. Each stage will be constructed in approximately four-block segments. Therefore, along Monroe Street, there will be two separate four block segments being worked on at one time by two separate contractors. In general, vehicle traffic will not be allowed along Monroe Street in the segments under construction. Provisions will be made for businesses with scheduled deliveries or specific access needs. Pedestrian access to businesses will be maintained except for a brief time when the sidewalk directly in front of a door is being worked on. This work will be coordinated during construction to minimize the impact to the business. During construction an accurate schedule will be developed--and updated as appropriate--for notification of the specific period of time that each property will be impacted. Each construction segment will have a contractor public liaison onsite and the City&#39;s Construction Relations Manager will, in addition, be available to provide assistance.</p>

<p>Construction will begin as weather allows in the spring, likely around the beginning of April and will be completed in the fall.</p>

<p>While there are some differences in the projects we encourage you to visit the recently completed Sprague Avenue project (from Helena Street to Altamont Street) to see a project with similar, but not identical, features. The Sprague Project will give you an idea of what to expect once Monroe St. is completed.</p>

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<p><i>The information above is from a letter from the City of Spokane, Department of Engineering Services dated September 5th, 2017 and is provided herein for our member's benefit as this work may impact the accessibility of the credit union during the constuction period. Additional information about this project is available on the City's website at <a href="https://my.spokanecity.org/projects/north-monroe-corridor-project-2018/" target="_blank" title="This link opens a third-party website not affiliated with SCCU" data-warning >https://my.spokanecity.org/projects/north-monroe-corridor-project-2018/</a></i></p>

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