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(The Center Square) – Spokane officials are looking at ways to curb traffic fatalities with city programs after the state’s Traffic Safety Commission announced a three-decade high for 2023 earlier this month. City Councilmember Zack Zappone briefed the “Safe Street Now!” resolution during Monday’s Public Infrastructure Environment & Sustainability Committee meeting. If approved, the program would implement “temporary” but “cost-effective” improvements for pedestrian transportation. Earlier this month, the Traffic Safety Commission announced that Washington experienced 810 traffic deaths in 202…

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