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Deterioration of road in rural Clark County rattles residents

Those living along Northeast 312th Avenue seek action by county officials

By Dameon Pesanti, Columbian staff writer
Published: May 2, 2018, 8:59pm
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Richard Landis, left, and Bernie Ritter discuss damage to their road, Northeast 312th Avenue, and the recent efforts by Clark County to repair it. The residents say their one-lane road is getting perpetually damaged by the increased traffic relating to a new subdivision being built at the end of the road.
Richard Landis, left, and Bernie Ritter discuss damage to their road, Northeast 312th Avenue, and the recent efforts by Clark County to repair it. The residents say their one-lane road is getting perpetually damaged by the increased traffic relating to a new subdivision being built at the end of the road. (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian) Photo Gallery

FERN PRAIRIE — For decades, the single-lane, dead-end road was an adequate street for Richard Landis and the three other households that lived along it. But after a new subdivision was started at the end of the street, the roadway has crumpled under the weight of the increased traffic and bigger vehicles using the road.

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