Residents ask county to keep Seltice cutoff

Several residents from around Seltice voiced their objections to a Whitman County proposal to abandon the 450-foot Seltice Road, saying it is a regularly-used bypass for traffic in the neighborhood.

“I was really kind of insulted by you calling it useless. I use it every day,” said David Gumm.

County commissioners conducted a hearing on abandoning the short road during their regular meeting Monday morning.

Seltice Road provides a cut-off between the Warner Road and the Tekoa-Farmington Road. The short cutoff road also includes a concrete bridge dating back to the 1930s.

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