Speed set to drop on Old Moscow Rd

Whitman County Commissioners Monday approved a reduced speed limit for three-tenths of a mile of Old Moscow Road.

Dropping from 50 mph to 35 mph, the new limit effective Sept. 1 will apply to a section past the last house and before pavement starts.

The length in question concludes at the intersection of Brown Road, a mile-and-a-half from the Idaho state line.

A nearby resident contacted Whitman County Public Works this spring to ask about cutting the 50-mph limit.

At the request of the commissioners, Public Works Director Mark Storey looked into the road's accident history, curve data, traffi...