Two road projects listed for state funds

Whitman County commissioners approved Sept. 4 what Public Works has listed for its latest Rural Arterial Program (RAP) final prospectus.

Done every two years, the prospectus has a limit of five country road projects to submit for state funding.

Whitman County has listed two nominees.

Pullman Airport Road is named for addition of a turn lane running its whole length. Johnson Road and Johnson Cut-Off Road are listed for two-and-a-half inches of hot mix asphalt overlay.

The county competes among nine other counties in Washington’s northeast region for the state RAP funding.

In June, representativ...