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I Journal courtesy photo Mason County opened a new section of road with "S" curves on Shelton Matlock Road last week. County wraps up road work By NATALIE JOHNSON past four years, since a storm in December 2007 caused a Mason County finished significant amount of dam- work on two significant coun- age to the road. ty road projects in the last Elfendahl Pass Road pro- week, one on Shelton-Mat- vides a route between North lock Road, and the other on Shore Road and the Belfair Lower Elfendahl Pass Road. Tahuya Road, Butros said. Last Thursday, Oct. 20, "A road network is a criti- county crews finished the cal part of many elements last work on a project to that tie main arterials to add "S" curves to the Shel- each other," he said. "It is a ton-Matlock road west ofvital connection for response Lake Nahwatzel, said Pub- teams ... The fire district lic Works Director Charlie and the sheriffs department Butros. felt strongly that we needed The road previously had to repair the road and get it two sharp 90-degree turns back into service as soon as that the county had wanted possible." to correct for some time, he The project came in quite said. The "S" curves added a bit under budget, Butros much more gradual, and said. therefore safer, turns than The entire project to clean the road previously had.up the 25 roads damaged "It was causing some high from the 2007 storm cost $14 accident counts in those ar- million, Butros said. eas," Butros said. "As a safe- The project to repair Elf- ty improvement the county endahl Pass Road was esti- some years ago decided to mated to cost between $1.6 take on improvement in that to $1.9 million, but actually roadway." only cost $400,000. The county doesn't know "The repairs were more the exact final cost for the extensive than anticipated,, road improvement, but the Butros said. "We were very bid amount was $1,124,742. fortunate at the support we The Lower ElfendahlPass had from FEMA and the rebuild project also opened emergency management today, Oct. 27, Butros said folks." at Tuesday night's Mason Commissioner Lynda County Commission meet- Ring Erickson congratulated ing. the public works department "Our sign crews are out on completing Elfendahl un- today [Wednesday, Oct. 26] der budget. finalizing the signing, and "I've walked it several putting in the road stripes," times," Ring Erickson said. he said. "I certainly encourage people The Lower Elfendahl Pass not familiar with that road to Road has been closed for the~ take it." ~ .... Journal photos by Natalie Johnson The PUD 3 Commissioners, Bruce Jorgenson, left, Linda Gott and Tom Farmer, have scheduled a public hearing to talk about redistricting for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8. PUD commission considers new district maps By NATALIE JOHNSON a few voting precincts shuffled be- in the pack,shifting district two to tween the districts, and are based cover the north half of the county, The Mason County PUD 3 Com- on the new district map that the while di.strict one covers the south- mission was presented with five Mason County Commission ap- east end of the county, with dis- options for remapping the PUD's proved in August. trict three getting the southwest three districts Tuesday. However, the PUD could not half. Every 10 years public agencieskeep the county's district map Gott suggested that options one are required to redraw their dis- intact, because it had to subtract and three, which are very similar trict lines to come in line with cen- the residents living within PUD looked like the best options. Bo- sus data. Each district should have 1 territory from its population lender noted that the county does roughly the same number of resi- totals. This left the PUD with a not favor options two or four. dents within it. more than 3,000 person gap toThe commission made no deci- The PUD needed to wait to redofill. sions on Tuesday, and scheduled its districts until the Mason Coun- Mason County expressed its a public hearing on the proposed ty finished its redistricting process, preference for option five, however, changes for 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. said Nancy Bolender, assistant to that option creates a serious prob- 8 at the PUD 3 auditorium with the PUD 3 Manager Wyla Wood. Bo- lem for the PUD 3 commissioners, regularly scheduled public meeting lender drafted the five options and Option five places Linda Gott's to follow. presented them to the commission residence in PUD commission dis- The five options for a new PUD Tuesday. trict three, although she represents 3 district map have been posted on "For us to try and do any redis- district one, and Bruce Jorgenson the PUD's website. trict prior to their redistricting in represents district three. The commission will likely vote August would have been like fum- Option five also places Tom to approve one of the options dur- bling in the dark," she said. Farmer in district one, although he ing its Tuesday, Nov. 22, meeting. Most of the proposed district represents districtt~¢0. ......... The commission must approve a maps are very similar, with only Option four is the only outlier new district map by Dec. 8. • Page A-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, October 27,2011