Vancouver, Wash. – A draft watershed assessment to identify stormwater management strategies for restoring Whipple Creek is available for public review and comment.

Vancouver, Wash. – Each September, volunteers compile trail data for planning future trail projects and supporting grant applications and other funding requests.

Clark County is working with other agencies to marshal volunteers who will count runners, walkers and cyclists on trails and pathways in the Portland-Vancouver area.

Vancouver, Wash. – A short section of Northeast Salmon Creek Street east of Washington State University Vancouver will close next week so a contractor can shore up an unstable roadside.

Tapani Inc., a Battle Ground-based contractor working for Clark County Public Works, will repair about 50 feet of eroded stream bank immediately east of Northeast 50th Avenue.

Vancouver, Wash. – Northeast Padden Parkway, from its intersection with Northeast 78^th Street east to Andresen Road, will close this weekend so a contractor can repair surface defects and pave the roadway.

The closure is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Friday, July 7, and end no later than 5 a.m. Monday, July 10.

This work is weather dependent. In case of a weather cancellation, the closure will be rescheduled for the following weekend, from 8 p.m. Friday, July 14, until no later than 5 a.m. Monday, July 17.

Vancouver, Wash. – Clark County will close a section of Northeast Lockwood Creek Road east of La Center next month so a contractor can install a retaining wall and guardrail to improve safety.

Beginning Monday, July 10, Northeast Lockwood Creek Road will be closed to through traffic from Northeast 40^th Avenue east to Northeast Morcroft Road. The closure is expected to last about six weeks. Residents of the area, emergency vehicles and deliveries will have access.

Vancouver, Wash. – Work will begin to enhance public safety by improving pedestrian and bicycle facilities along the west side of a 15-block stretch of Highway 99.

On Wednesday, July 5, Colf Construction, LLC, a Vancouver-based contractor working for Public Works, is scheduled to begin replacing portions of sidewalk on the west side of Highway 99 between Northeast 63^rd Street and Northeast 78^th Street.

Access to all businesses will remain open during construction.

Vancouver, Wash. - Lifeguards will begin working at Klineline Pond this weekend, providing an extra level of safety at the popular swimming spot heading into the Fourth of July holiday.

Lifeguards will be on duty from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily beginning Saturday, July 1, and lasting through Labor Day. The splash pad next to Klineline Pond is currently down for repairs but likely will reopen for the weekend.

Vancouver, Wash. - With fireworks going on sale next week, Clark County reminds residents they need to clean up fireworks debris to keep harmful pollutants out of our creeks, rivers and streams.

Fireworks contain metals, nitrates and sulfur, along with paper, plastic and other materials. If fireworks residue is not swept up after Fourth of July festivities, rain will wash these pollutants into nearby storm drains.

In some areas, storm drains and pipes carry untreated stormwater directly into waterways, where pollutants harm fish and other aquatic life.

Vancouver, Wash. – A contractor will start the summer paving program this month with pavement repairs and other preliminary work on nine sections of Clark County roads.

Clark County awarded a $5.13 million contract to Granite Construction Co. to pave about 26 lane miles of county roadway using approximately 39,600 tons of asphalt.

Crews will repair and pave:

Vancouver, Wash. – The next major project in a multiyear effort to improve the Northeast 119^th Street corridor will begin Monday when a contractor closes a one-mile section of the street to through traffic.