Lewis County officials are beginning to discuss what steps they would need to take to eliminate and replace all dashed address numbers within the county. Such a move would be in step with other Washington counties that have made the change with the goal of bettering public safety response times and making life easier for other parties — including mail carriers and utility companies. The number of addresses in Lewis County with a dash and another number or letter tacked onto the end is unclear, which is also part of the problem county officials hope to take on either later this year or early in 2019. “This is a statewide issue,” Lewis County Commissioner Edna Fund said. “There are a lot of us that are working on this issue at this point. I know it will probably be difficult for some people as we move that direction, but public safety really trumps that.”