- City:
- Asotin, WA
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1937
- Completed:
- 1938
Description
“Don G. Abel, state director of the Works Progress Administration, today announced approval of a $16,245 farm-to-market road improvement project for Asotin County.
Throughout the county the roads will be graded, resurfaced and generally reconditioned. The project is slated to begin about November 29th and will be completed about April of 1938, with labor taken from local relief rolls.”
Source notes
WPA Press Release [#335], Nov. 24, 1937, [page 36]: https://www.sos.wa.gov/legacy/images/publications/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400/SL_wpawapressrelease_no301to400.pdfSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on October 26, 2014.
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