Tekoa truck bypass study nears end

The feasibility study for the proposed Tekoa truck bypass is nearing completion.

Sometime in June, the city council expects to get a report from Dave Kliewer of J.U.B. Engineering and Joe Tortorelli of Economic Development Northwest who began the study in January.

The proposed bypass would create a route for heavy trucks to pass through Tekoa without going up and over Crosby Street/Highway 27 which is the main business strip.

Instead, a bypass would be constructed on one of two routes; the existing Ramsey Street - a block off of Crosby - or on the Union Pacific railroad right-of-way along Hang...