If Sullivan Rd. is a regular part of your daily driving route prepare for some delays.

A road preservation project along Sullivan Rd. between Flora Pit Rd. and Trent Ave. is scheduled to begin around April 22nd. It will take approximately seven to eight weeks to complete. 

Plan for traffic to be down to one lane in the area during the hours of 7am and 10pm. Access to Marietta Ave. may be restricted during daylight hours. Driveway access to businesses will be restricted as well while grinding and paving portions are competed, businesses will be notified of alternative access in advance.

90 percent of the project is funded by Spokane Valley Street Preservation Funds and 10 percent funded by Spokane Valley storm water funds. The project will patch and resurface the road as well upgrade storm drainage, sidewalk ramps and signal loops. A storm water swale will also be installed in front of the Sullivan Park parking lot. 

Around the last week of May or first week of June, Sullivan will be closed at night for paving. A detour will run via Euclid Ave.

Race for the Cure runners will be greeted by something new at the finish line this year. A bright pink tractor. Northwest Farm Credit Services have been working with volunteers and donors from across the North Idaho and Eastern Washington region to get the tractor ready in time for its race day debut.

Northwest FCS is the finish line sponsor at this year's Race for the Cure and they wanted something big to greet finishers. Jennifer Rohrer, the Public Relations Communications Coordinator, saw a picture of a pink tractor online and thought it would be a great way to represent the communities that they serve.