MOSES LAKE - A fence banner at the intersection of West Broadway

Avenue and Melva Lane in Moses Lake is expected to be up by

Thanksgiving, according to Moses Lake city officials.

The project is part of Vision 2020's Gateway Interstate 90

project, which strives to beautify Moses Lake city entrance and

exit routes for drivers.

MOSES LAKE - A fence banner at the intersection of West Broadway Avenue and Melva Lane in Moses Lake is expected to be up by Thanksgiving, according to Moses Lake city officials.

The project is part of Vision 2020's Gateway Interstate 90 project, which strives to beautify Moses Lake city entrance and exit routes for drivers.

The banner will be roughly 16 feet long and feature waves about two feet high, in addition to other "symbols of fishing and water activities," said project chairman Richard Teals. The 160-foot fence that the banner will be placed on is owned by the Department of Transportation.

"It would be a cool visual stimulus and be a neat thing to have at the intersection," said Teals.

He said the group is hoping some of the public response from the banner will give them a better gauge of what the community wants on the banner.

"We want the banner to highlight some of the water related things there are to do in Moses Lake. We want people who are passing by to know that Moses Lake offers a lot of water activities," said Teals.

He said the group is also planning to landscape the area immediately in front of the fence, eventually wanting to install a welcoming arch.

The project is still in a planning phase, said Teal.

Moses Lake Deputy Mayor Bill Ecret said the city set aside $3,000 for the project. So far, DOT has not charged the city for any costs related to the project.

No additional funding has been established for the project.

The fence banner is a precursor to a much larger project - a large banner to be hung on the Interstate 90 overpass. The goal of that banner is for drivers on the freeway to see it and hopefully want to come into the city, said Teals.

But the freeway banner project is much more complicated, said Teals, because DOT has to approve the use of certain colors and symbols.