Closure, speed limits approved for Almota Four

 

March 19, 2020



Whitman County Commissioners approved a partial closure of Almota Road and a speed limit change on another section for the coming Almota Road Phase Four Reconstruction.

The closure will go from milepost 7.96 to Stevick Road, running from March 30 to July 31 – for 12 weeks total closure, if its start is delayed.

The speed reduction to a maximum of 35 mph will apply from milepost 6.92 to 11.56 (from Upper Union Flat Road to Highway 194). The change would also start March 30 with no end date set.

“The speed limits are just until further notice,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director.

Storey noted to county commissioners that often speed limits set for construction projects are in response to nearby residents’ input about speeders.

In turn, the road department asks law enforcement to go out and conduct emphasis patrols.

“They end up stopping the people complaining about the speeders,” Storey said. “It happens fairly regularly. Then they just get angrier.”

 

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