Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
A three-week, county-wide rumblestrip and striping project was to begin Wednesday on Hume Road, part of a list of roads to get new rumblestrips followed by re-painted centerlines and white fog lines along the the edge of lanes.
The work is funded by $610,000 in grant money received last year from the Federal Highway Safety Improvement program.
Dean Cornelison, assistant county engineer, estimates five to seven working days for rumblestrips, then a day to seal the strips’ 28 miles with a liquid asphalt for preservation.
“Expect short traffic delays at any of the places work is occurring,” advised Cornelison.
Line re-painting will follow, with a 12 to 15 mph vehicle well behind the paint vehicle, with a sign noting wet paint.
The painting pace is an estimated 20 miles per day.
County roads to receive rumblestrips and new paint include: McMeekan Road, Hume Road, Klaveano Road, Senator Eugene Prince Road, part of Pine City-Malden Road, Sunset Road, Thorn Creek Road, Old Thornton Highway, Lancaster Road, South Endicott Road, Churchill Road and a portion of Wawawai Road.
All of these have not been repainted in the past five years.
“We’ll be done by the end of August,” Cornelison said.
Road Products, Inc. of Spokane, the contractor on the project, with subcontractor North Star, Inc., also Spokane, will do the rumblestrips.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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