Long-awaited Whitman Avenue construction to start next week

Rosalia is set to be the next Whitman County town with construction cones and signs going up this season. The long-awaited Whitman Avenue construction project is set to start Monday.

“They’re mobilizing on the 14th, and they may start bringing stuff in on Friday so they can get started Monday,” said Mayor Nanette Konishi.

Sandry Construction of Spokane has been contracted for the work.

The project is set to take place on Whitman Avenue between Eighth Street and the south city limit. It includes removing existing concrete panels from the road which was first constructed in 1931, as well as repl...