Information

Type: Legal Notice

Department: PW - Public Works

Directors' Update: June 17, 2026

Business Meeting: June 23, 2026

Summary:

Lewis County plans to complete a culvert replacement project at Bishop Road MP 2.839 (Berwick Creek). It will be necessary to close Bishop Road to all through traffic during this period. Bishop Road will remain open for local access from either end up to but not beyond the point of closure at MP 2.839. This resolution would, pursuant to RCW 47.48.010 and .020, close Bishop Road at MP 2.839, in Section 15, Township 13 North, Range 2 West, W.M., beginning Monday, July 13, 2026, and ending Friday, October 30, 2026.

 

Publications: The Chronicle, July 7, 2026

Cover Letter To:

Additional Copies To: Wes Anderson, Geoff Soderquist, Zelma Hammer, Rod Lakey, Shannon Foister

Resolution

WHEREAS, RCW 47.48.010 gives authority to the county legislative authority to close roads for a period of time; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary for Lewis County to replace a barrier culvert with a fish passable structure on Bishop Road crossing Berwick Creek; and

WHEREAS, it will be necessary to close Bishop Road from MP 2.65 to MP 3.03 to all through traffic during the period of such work; and

WHEREAS, Bishop Road will remain open for local access from either end up to but not beyond the point of closure at MP 2.839, and other county roads are available for detour.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that, pursuant to RCW 47.48.010 and .020, beginning July 13, 2026, and ending October 30, 2026, Bishop Road from MP 2.65 to MP 3.03, in Section 15, Township 13 North, Range 2 West, W.M., shall be closed to all through traffic.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 23rd day of June, 2026.