Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
Whitman County commissioners approved a notice of intent Monday and set a hearing for Oct. 21 on the proposed vacation of parts of two roads northeast of St. John.
The local access dirt roads are Jim Davis Road and Gene Nelson Road, for which adjacent landowners petitioned county commissioners to vacate.
After the county vacates a road, it has no further claim to it and ceases maintenance.
The proposed vacation includes two-thirds of the 2.65-mile Davis Road and most of the 3.67-mile Nelson Road. The stretch contains an old wood bridge.
“They are not what we call transportation roads to get from one part of the county to another,” said Public Works Director Mark Storey to the commissioners Monday.
On Jim Davis Road, a concrete bridge exists, however not in the section proposed for vacation.
Notices for the public hearing will be posted in the Gazette and as also required, four metal easels will be put up on the road sites to announce the hearing.
Storey indicated that landowners who have requested the vacation plan to improve the roads for continued use in farming.
As of now, the county grades the roads once or twice per year at an estimated cost of $200 per mile.
All county dirt roads are posted as closed Nov. 15-March 15.
The Oct. 21. hearing will be at 11 a.m.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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