Palouse denied park link grant

The City of Palouse has been turned down on its grant application to the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board to build a pedestrian bridge to cross the Palouse River from Heyton Greene Park to near Ancel Jeffers Lions Club Park.

The denial stated that the park is not eligible because it does not connect directly to a street.

The footbridge would have started at the park near the swimming pool and crossed to the other side of the North Fork of Palouse River about 50 yards down from the Lions Club Park lot next to the car wash.

The project tied into the city’s plans to better connec...