The Washington state Department of Transportation has prepared a draft list of $82.6 million in projects here that it would propose in Eastern Washington should more federal stimulus money come to the state for road construction projects.

The list includes a number of projects that department spokesman Al Gilson says could be awarded within 90 days, making them eligible for funding through a federal jobs bill that's being considered in Congress.

They include a $35 million project to construct the southbound lanes of the North Spokane Corridor between Freya Street and Farwell Road; a $25 million project to add one lane in each direction on Interstate 90 between the Sullivan Road and Barker Road interchanges; and a $13.5 million project to grind and repair the concrete surface on I-90 between Geiger Road and the downtown Spokane viaduct. The list also includes a $7.5 million project to repave the southbound asphalt lanes of U.S. 395 between I-90 and Lee Road, south of Ritzville; a $1.2 million project to install an intelligent traffic system on U.S. 195 between Cheney-Spokane Road and I-90; and $400,000 in chip-seal work on state Route 27 between Rockford and Freeman.

Gilson says the department doesn't know, if a bill passes, how much money the state would receive for projects, but says the projects DOT has proposed fit the eligibility criteria for federal funding as it has been discussed.

The $35 million North Spokane Corridor project also has been submitted for a competitive grant under the stimulus bill that was passed last year, and DOT has been selected to receive between $5 million and $7 million in additional stimulus money from last year's bill for two projects here, on U.S. 195 between I-90 and Hatch Road, and on U.S. 195 between the Idaho state line and Colton, that Gilson says are possible as a "direct result of the excellent bidding climate" and resulting construction-cost savings for the department.