Steptoe Butte: Road closes again for WSP comm unit

The Washington State Department of Transportation, at the request of the state parks department, has completed a paving project at Steptoe Butte to make way for another project set to resume soon.

The paving project involved filling in pot holes on the road leading up to the butte for the purpose of transporting heavy machinery to the top for another construction project.

“The preliminary work by WSDOT has been done,” reported Toni Droscher, parks spokesperson. “It was done to patch the road so they could get the heavier equipment up the road.”

WSDOT initially had the road to the butte closed...