GOLDENDALE — Public Works Director Jeff Hunter wanted to make things perfectly clear at the Feb. 10 Klickitat County Commissioners meeting. Before the Bluebird Solar project begins, he told commissioners, there would be some graveling on Dot Road and paving on the approaches to Wood Creek Bridge on Schrantz Road.
“Part of their haul route is to pave both sides from the bridge out,” he said. “There’s gonna be a lot of traffic, and that’s a gravel road. It won’t withstand that; it’ll be washboardy. You’d have to grade the thing almost every day, so they’re gonna pave it all the way out of the draw up to the top, both sides. And before somebody gets confused, the county taxpayers are not paying any of that.”
He also wanted to clear up an earlier misconception.
“There are two bridges on Schrantz Road,” he said. “A lot of people think we’re talking about the same bridge: we’re not. There’s the bridge over Wood Gulch, which Avengrid is paying to repair. And then there’s the wood bridge over Big Horn Creek on Schrantz Road, a little short span wood structure which is scheduled for later on to be replaced.”
Commissioners also approved a public meeting on March 3 to consider extending the moratorium on new Battery Energy Storage Systems in the county that is due to expire. The March 3 date was chosen because of the public notice timeline requirements.
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