Housing project hearing set in Palouse

The Palouse Planning Commission has scheduled a public hearing Sept. 16 regarding a proposed housing development.

Roy Druffel of Sand Road Land Company of Pullman has submitted the documents for the first phase of construction on 21 lots. Community Action Center of Pullman has expressed interest in buying four lots while Habitat For Humanity has shown interest in two.

Druffel’s engineer, Munir Daud of Pullman, has submitted a water and sewer plan for the commission to review.

The 21 lots would be phase one of what Druffel intends as a two-phase, 42-lot development on Cove Road south of town.

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