confluence parkway project

The City of Wenatchee has selected a pair of firms to assist with the next phase of its massive Confluence Parkway Project. The City has contracted with Kraemer North America, LLC of Seattle and Scarsella Bros., Inc. of Kent to jointly work on a progressive strategy to both design and build the project...

The City Of Wenatchee is preparing for the possibility of significant cost overruns on its massive Confluence Parkway Project. Mayor Frank Kuntz says the skyrocketing price of labor and materials coupled with the project's five-to-ten-year timeframe has prompted the City to begin thinking about additional ways of raising funds for its completion...

Chelan Douglas Transportation Council Executive Director Jeff Wilkens says the cost nationally has gone up 54 percent in just the past two years.

It means steps are taken to make up for the loss of historical property, including the Denny's restaurant on North Wenatchee Avenue.

Approval came in the final days of the legislative session which ended Sunday.

State funding for the City of Wenatchee's massive Confluence Parkway Project has now been fully secured. The money is officially in place after both the Washington House and Senate passed their respective transportation budgets this week...

At last night's council meeting, Mayor Frank Kuntz said he's happy with how the PUD and the city came together to get this deal done.

The PUD would trade a five-acre long, narrow patch of land along the western edges of Horan Natural Area and Confluence State Park, which it owns, in exchange for roughly equivalent property from the City.

The district encompasses the North Wenatchee redevelopment area, which was damaged from the 2015 Sleepy Hollow fire.

Efforts are underway in Olympia to ensure that the City of Wenatchee's massive Confluence Parkway Project will be fully-funded by the state. During last year's legislative sessions, $85 million was included in the state's transportation budget for the project, however, it was not specifically identified for allocation...