As cost goes up $2 million and road springs a leak, Bigelow Gulch connector hits speed bumps

What looks like a puddle or a patch of ice, depending on the weather, on a new section of Forker Road is potentially a dangerous and costly mistake that has sent Spokane County in search of a natural spring beneath the roadway and will likely lead crews to replace a section of fresh asphalt on the long-awaited Bigelow Gulch Urban Connector project.

And while time and money are spent fixing that issue, county officials are also facing uncertainty about how they will fund the next phase of the connector after identifying a more than $2 million increase in the projected cost since 2018.

These speed bumps are not the

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