County commissioners dissolve unused transport area pact

Nearly a decade ago, the Whitman County commissioners and Council on Aging and Human Services entered into a transportation program agreement that would allow the COA to acquire vanpool vehicles. The program ultimately never came to fruition, and it was officially dissolved on Monday with a unanimous vote from the county commissioners.

“The intent of it was to provide some vanpooling services into Pullman, primarily from State Route 27,” said Craig Van Tine, contracts and grants manager at COAST Transportation.

The agreement was titled the “Unincorporated Transportation Benefit Area” and was m...