Word has come in that the city of Spokane Valley has been awarded Transportation Improvement Board grants to pay for the extension of Mansfield Ave. east of Pines and the reconstruction of Sprague Avenue from Evergreen to Sullivan Road. The Spokane Valley City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on whether to accept the grants.

Other items on the council's agenda tonight include a discussion of the city's capital projects list, gateway signs, the street maintenance contract and the street sweeping contract. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 11707 E. Sprague.

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