From the Thursday, May 1, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
A sheriff's deputy specifically assigned to enforce speed limits on Flathead County's gravel roads will conduct his first patrol today.
County commissioners authorized the Sheriff's Office to spend about $60,000 this year to hire and equip the additional deputy — part of a comprehensive plan to mitigate the county's dust problem.
"His main function is to slow people down on gravel roads, hopefully to keep the dust down," Flathead County Sheriff Mike Meehan said.
Deputy Stewart Smith will patrol the county's gravel roads in a marked squad car between May 1 and Oct. 31, focusing on enforcing the speed limit in areas with the worst dust problems.
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Patrol assignments will be based on the number of dust complaints received, number of traffic stops on a given road, when those stops occur, and at what speeds offenders were traveling.
Roads that currently receive the most dust complaints include Hoffman Draw, McMannamy Draw, North Fork Road, Trumble Creek Road, Blankenship Road, Kienas Road, Braig Road and Mennonite Church Road.
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