SPOKANE, Wash. - Some Spokane residents have said the north-south corridor might as well be an urban legend.
Over the years, there has been so much talk over the corridor, the only problem is it has not kept up to pace.
One resident told KREM 2 News he remembered the project being discussed when he was a kid in the 1980s.
Dave Simmons said the last ten years has been a lot of buildup, but no action.
"We have I-90 going east west, but north south, there's nothing there," Simmons said.
"You gotta go Division or Monroe."
Simmons said each day is the same. To get to his parents' house in the South Hill from his house up North, Simmons said it is an endless litany of lights, and frustration.
"It's a lot of slow pace," he said.
A solution could be here, however.
As part of an enormous transportation package, Washington state lawmakers are expected to approve funding that would finally allow the north-south corridor to be finished.
To pay for the $850 million project, gas taxes would be hiked up by 12 cents by the end of 2016.
Not ideal, but Simmons said he would still support the project.
"I wouldn't love it," he said, "but we have to have it."
As part of the plans, the corridor would be funded in increments each two years. If all goes according to the plan, construction could be complete by 2029.
