The Okanogan County Commissioners have set a public hearing about opening more Okanogan County roads to off-road vehicles—ORVs.

"We were petitioned by the (North Central) ATV Club to open additional roads,” said Verlene Hughes of Okanogan County Public Works, who supplied the public announcement of the hearing.

Thursday, July 25 at 10:00 a.m. at the Commissioners’ Hearing Room in the Administration Building at 123 North 5th in Okanogan, the commissioners will hear citizens’ opinions about whether 324.12 miles additional miles of roads in the county should be opened to ORV use.

The Methow Valley roads to be discussed are:

• Gold Creek Loop Road milepost 0.00-2.415
• Gold Creek Road milepost 0.00-1.026
• Libby Creek Road milepost 0.00-2.467
• Poorman Creek Road milepost 0.00-2.449
• Patterson Lake Road milepost 0.00-5.25
• Wolf Creek Road milepost 0.00-4.339
• West Chewuch Road milepost 0.00-6.773
• Lower Beaver Creek Road milepost 0.00-1.803
• Upper Beaver Creek Road milepost 0.00-3.127
• Twisp Carlton Road milepost 0.00-10.19
• Twisp River Road milepost 0.50-10.74
• Twin Lakes Road milepost 0.83-4.99
• Twisp Winthrop Eastside Road milepost 0.48-8.47
• Eastside Chewuch Road milepost 0.70-7.26

Other roads listed the public announcement are:

• Monse Bridge Road milepost 0.00- 3.302
• Johnson Creek Road milepost 0.00-4.059
• Robinson Canyon Road milepost 0.50-3.091
• Bide-A-Wee Road milepost 0.00-1.057
• Greenacres Road milepost 0.00-2.886
• Omak Airport Road milepost 0.00-1.013
• Old Riverside Road milepost 0.24-5.066
• Omak-Riverside Eastside Road milepost 9.17-9.317
• Keystone Road milepost 0.00-3.506
• Blue Lake Road milepost 3.47-4.085
• Swanson Mill Road milepost 0.00-10.04
• Jennings Loop Road milepost 0.00-0.71
• Eastside Oroville Road milepost 0.00-1.98
• Balmes Road milepost 0.00-0.16
• Sawtell Road milepost 0.00-1.26
• Demerchant Road milepost 0.00-0.37
• Sprouse Road milepost 0.00-0.42
• East Lake Road milepost 0.00-4.37
• Thorndike Loop Road milepost 0.00-0.60
• Eder Road milepost 0.00-2.29
• West Lost Lake Road milepost 0.00-0.85
• Turner Cutoff Road milepost 0.00-0.23
• Nealey Road milepost 0.00-4.23
• Hungry Hollow Road milepost 0.00-5.96
• Bonaparte Lake Road milepost 0.00-6.30
• Paradise Hill Road milepost 0.39-3.69
• Old Hwy. 97 milepost 0.46-11.00
• B&O North milepost 2.41-3.85
• Conconully Road milepost 0.87-15.63
• Riverside Cutoff Road milepost 0.00-5.13
• Tunk Creek Road milepost 0.74-18.63
• Loomis Oroville Road milepost 0.00-36.96
• Highway 7 milepost 10.48-21.99
• Aeneas Valley Road milepost 0.00-13.97
• Havillah Road milepost 0.11-23.38
• Chesaw Road milepost 0.49-34.01
• Toroda Creek Road milepost 0.00-19.29

Written comments may be sent to:

Department of Public Works
Attn. Verlene Hughes
1234A 2nd Ave. S., Okanogan, WA, 98840

or by email to: vhughes@co.okanogan.wa.us