Road construction plan approved for next year

Whitman County commissioners Monday approved the 2018 road construction program, an annual step required by funding agencies.

Included in the 2018 program are Almota Four reconstruction, Almota Three surveying and engineering, the remaining guardrail from the federal road safety program, Hume Road surveying and nearly four miles of paving on Sand Road.

The largest is Almota Four. The fourth and final part of the Almota Road reconstruction will be done before Phase Three because its funding was approved first.

Phase Four reconstruction is set for next year, an estimated $3.5-$4 million job betw...