Whitman County Public Works preview for 2020

Plans for 2020 in the county Public Works department

include the large-scale Almota Road Phase Four reconstruction, a possible overlay of a half-mile of Steptoe Street and Sholz Road east of Steptoe, remodeling and two additions made to the landfill’s moderate waste facility building, design work for Almota Three, continued Hume Road reconstruction and bridge replacements.

Voters approval of the rural roads levy lid lift will also means the department will add three new operators to run road graders on gravel roads.

“Almota Four is the biggest item,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director, re...