Chief
05-05-2008, 04:07 PM
http://www.dailyinsider.info/2008/05_05_08.html
Driving north on Vancouver’s Main Street past the city limits puts one in the middle of Hazel Dell within five minutes on what is known as Highway 99 or the 99 Strip.
In the days before the interstate highway was designated as Interstate 5, Highway 99 continued north to the Canadian border and south to the Mexican border.
The Clark County portion of Highway 99 became the county’s first “strip mall,” changing from a rural section of the county into the most energetic non-metropolitan area in the county and finally becoming known as the 99 Strip.
Between NE 63rd Street and NE 134th Street, Highway 99 has become an energetic and growing business area, as well as an arterial and corridor, through shopping malls ending where Salmon Creek’s two biggest institutions, Washington State University Vancouver and Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, have grown up
Highway 99, though is broken. The Klineline Bridge across Salmon Creek was closed last year. Reconstruction is underway, and that link is expected to reopen by the end of this year.
Meanwhile, Clark County Planners are working out a new plan for the Highway 99 area, a plan that will affect commercial as well as residential interests.
On open house scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, in the 6th floor hearing room in the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street, will help citizens learn what current plans are and give them an opportunity to comment.
I'll be interested to see what kind of turnout this meeting gets, given the short amount of time Hazel Dell has to get their collective act together before the City of Vancouver annexes them.
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Driving north on Vancouver’s Main Street past the city limits puts one in the middle of Hazel Dell within five minutes on what is known as Highway 99 or the 99 Strip.
In the days before the interstate highway was designated as Interstate 5, Highway 99 continued north to the Canadian border and south to the Mexican border.
The Clark County portion of Highway 99 became the county’s first “strip mall,” changing from a rural section of the county into the most energetic non-metropolitan area in the county and finally becoming known as the 99 Strip.
Between NE 63rd Street and NE 134th Street, Highway 99 has become an energetic and growing business area, as well as an arterial and corridor, through shopping malls ending where Salmon Creek’s two biggest institutions, Washington State University Vancouver and Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital, have grown up
Highway 99, though is broken. The Klineline Bridge across Salmon Creek was closed last year. Reconstruction is underway, and that link is expected to reopen by the end of this year.
Meanwhile, Clark County Planners are working out a new plan for the Highway 99 area, a plan that will affect commercial as well as residential interests.
On open house scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 6, in the 6th floor hearing room in the Public Service Center, 1300 Franklin Street, will help citizens learn what current plans are and give them an opportunity to comment.
I'll be interested to see what kind of turnout this meeting gets, given the short amount of time Hazel Dell has to get their collective act together before the City of Vancouver annexes them.
Developing...
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