Neighbor protest derails Airport road rebuild

Reconstruction of the Colfax Airport Road, planned for this summer, will likely be delayed until next year because of a dispute with a landowner along the proposed route.

Whitman County Public Works Director Mark Storey said one of the landowners along the road “does not agree with the design” of the new road and has refused to sell the county a right-of-way on their property.

Storey told county commissioners Monday he had been unable to speak to that landowner about acquiring right-of-way for the project until last week.

“I suspect as a direct result of these meetings we will not be able to b...