Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Rock slide
Rock slide, road view
Rock slides hit Wawawai Road.
Whitman County’s Roads and Bridge Maintenance Division Operations Manager Brandon Kruger gave a report to county commissioners Monday about a weekend of weather events.
“We had three to five inches of snow, followed by two inches of rain and frozen ground to boot,” he said.
He reported the Tekoa/Oakesdale area had the worst of the water Friday, Dec. 29, with roads closed to through traffic at spots on Seabury Road, Lone Pine Road, Fanning Road, Warner Road and Golf Course Road (Tekoa) before water subsided overnight Saturday and allowed the roads to be re-opened by Sunday morning.
Significant water filled ditches also on Shawnee and Parvin roads while they remained open.
Rock slides hit Wawawai Road on Friday evening.
“With some pretty good-size boulders,” said Kruger.
A Public Works crew responded with a front-end loader to clear the rocks the next morning.
“In places there were 1, 2 rocks, in others there was a bunch of them,” said Mark Storey, Public Works director.
Added road problems in the county included erosion on Sand Road which undermined guardrail, weakening ground. Repairs this week will require rocks and dirt. Storey said they will wait until the department first checks to see if a permit is required.
“It was a busy weekend,” Kruger said.
“Every storm has different characters and hits parts of the county in different ways,” said Storey.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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