SPOKANE, Wash. — A road construction project on Spokane’s South Hill continues months after its scheduled completion, forcing drivers to find alternate routes.
Crews have torn up Freya Street from 13th Avenue to 21st Avenue. The project was supposed to be completed in August.
City officials said crews found underground challenges that changed their work plans. The city now expects the work to wrap up by early next month.
The road closure has affected the neighborhood. Trudy Huggins lives on Freya Street and said drivers are now using other streets at high speeds.
“They’re treating it like it’s a highway. Some people really are,” Huggins said.
She said driver behavior has changed since the road closed.
“Just a lot of people, going really fast down here. I’m not sure what that’s all about. And then a lot of people going fast this way too. So yeah, the whole behavior has changed,” Huggins said.
Huggins doubts the city’s November completion estimate.
“I generally I’m a very hopeful person in most life matters. I’m not quite sure about this, though. I mean, it seems to be very entailed. I’ll give them that. But, if they haven’t gotten it together yet, it’s probably going to be closer to mid to late November. I would say, realistically,” she said.
City officials said there are no plans to tear up Freya Street again in the next few years for water main work.
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