WAITSBURG – At the regular Jan. 17 meeting, Waitsburg City Council members gave City Manager Randy Hinchliffe the go-ahead to explore development of a Park & Ride lot on the north end of town.

The Park & Ride would be located on the site of the old county shop, just west of the newly replaced Main Street Bridge. Hinchliffe explained that the city is limited on how that space can be utilized.

“After the 1996 flood, FEMA bought various parcels of land throughout the city and gave them to the city with the condition that they remain open so there is somewhere for water to disperse should water co...