Residents concerned about roundabout plan

Teresa Simpson, Whitman County Gazette | Feb 01, 20240

Justin Slayton | The Gazette count

A semi crosses over the bridge spanning the way to U.S. Highway 26 near the proposed roundabout intersection.

COLFAX- Residents say they are apprehensive about a plan by the State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) to build a roundabout at the U.S. Highway 195 and state Highway 26 interchange here in town.

"We don't want it to happen," resident Diana King said Monday.

King is among several apprehensive residents who attended a presentation Wednesday, Jan. 31, about the state's plan to replace the aging bridges over the North Palouse River with a roundabout.

The state is proposing a $13 million roundabout project that eliminates the Chevron gas station and replaces bridges at the interchange. The pro...