Airport Road project slates three week closure

Colfax Airport Road will be closed to thru traffic for three weeks starting Monday to let construction crews replace two 15-foot culverts as part of Whitman County’s rebuild of the road.

Traffic through the weekend will still be limited to a construction zone speed limit of 35 miles per hour.

Public Works Director Mark Storey said the county is closing the road to allow workers from M.A. DeAtley of Clarkston, contractor on the rebuild, to replace a twin-culvert bridge that spans Rebel Flat Creek just east of the Duncan Springs Road intersection.

Access to the airport will only be possible from...