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RITZVILLE – Council members approved a request for additional funds from the Transportation Improvement Board after City Engineer Scott Yeager presented changes needing to be made to the City Preservation Project, currently funded by the state agency.

Yeager said funding was received last year to remove and rebuild 22 ADA ramps between Palouse and Jackson Streets. Yeager said the ramps needed replaced due to the city putting in chip and slurry seal. The original request did not include costs for mobilization and traffic control, Yeager said, so the city has the choice of asking for additi...