Warden preps for N. County Road improvements
Charles Featherstone | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 3 months AGO
A portion of North County Road in Warden from W. 1st Street to south of Road 7.5 will be rebuilt and resurfaced beginning Monday, Oct. 17, according to Warden City Administrator Kristine Shuler.
SOURCE: CITY OF WARDEN/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
WARDEN — Work is set to start next week on a major improvement of North County Road, the major route north out of Warden, according to Warden City Administrator Kristine Shuler.
Speaking at a regular meeting of the Warden City Council on Tuesday, Shuler said the work to rebuild and repave roughly a third of a mile of North County Road — Road U north of Warden — from the intersection of W. 1st Street (S.R. 170) to just south of Road 7.5 needs to begin soon before colder weather forces the state’s asphalt plants to close.
“The way the weather is going, that won’t be until December,” said Council Member Byron Starkey.
“They plan to start on Oct. 17 and expect it will take 10 days,” Shuler said, adding that traffic will be detoured around construction during a very busy harvest season for all the packing facilities on North County Road.
“Right now it is so busy,” she added.
Shuler said the total cost of the project is $825,000, with about 10% of that coming from the city and the rest coming from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board. The city budgeted approximately $1 million for street maintenance and repair work as part of the city’s overall $5.9 million spending plan for 2023.
Charles H. Featherstone can be reached at cfeatherstone@columbiabasinherald.com.
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