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The city of Richland plans to buy part of a defunct gas station so it can make sidewalks safer at one of its busiest intersections at Gage Boulevard and Leslie Street. Hazardous materials cleanup
The city has committed $1.1 million and expects to dedicate $775,000 from its 2024 pavement preservation fund. The remaining $10.4 million will be funded through state and federal grants.
Western States Carpenters Local Union 59 asked its members to attend Richland City Council’s Jan. 7 meeting to show support for a 425-acre land deal with an undisclosed company.
The City of Richland went through several avenues to secure funding to build the bridge. In 2014, it applied for a federal grant that would have paid for the entire cost. In the application, the city listed a number of benefits including decreased air pollution, less traffic deaths, and saving up to $30 million in improvements to I-182.
Richland was re-incorporated as a chartered first-class city on December 10, 1958, five months after residents voted in favor of self-governance as a city. [ 9 ] [ 11 ] Among the first additions to the new city was an expanded public library, which had been built by General Electric out of a Quonset hut . [ 12 ]
The elected city council is the policy-making and budget-setting body for the city. City Manager Jon Amundson oversees day-to-day management of services for the community of about 63,300.
With the advent of the Cold War, plutonium production at the Hanford plant was ramped up, resulting in a need for increased staffing of the technical and administrative ranks. This in turn created a need for new housing in Richland. Accordingly, new neighborhoods were created in 1948–49. The historic district comprises one of these neighborhoods.
A developer plans to spend $300 to $500 million to build out 23 undeveloped acres near the waterfront. Parking code puts brakes on Richland waterfront high rise plan, but they aren’t giving up ...