County concludes Almota land buys

Whitman County Public Works has made all of the payments to landowners along the route for the planned Amota Road, phase four, road widening/improvement project. All documents have been sent to the Washington State Department of Transportation for approval. The last payments were sent last week.

Dean Cornelison, county assistant engineer, told county commissioners Monday that the person at WSDOT who handles this is on vacation, but once they return, it should be quick.

“In the past, we’ve done certification in a day,” Cornelison said.

The project may then go out to bid for some work this fall...