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DAYTON – Enough public interest was shown in the discussion last week regarding whether to pave Mead Road north of Dayton that Columbia County Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing to discuss the matter further during their next board meeting at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 15.

Portland General Electric, which owns the wind turbines recently constructed off Mead Road and surrounding properties, has proposed to pave Mead Road – the main county roadway used during construction of the Tucannon River Wind Farm.

Seth Walker, assistant county engineer, told commissioners that PGE’...