May
02
2009
Here’s an interesting entry from the North Fork Landowners’ Association Road Committee’s February minutes: Dave Prunty has inquired about landowners’ interest in narrowing the section of gravel road from the end of the blacktop to Camas Creek Road. It is currently 40 plus feet wide and the proposal is to narrow it to a 24-foot [...]
Tags: Dave Prunty, North Fork Landowner's Association, North Fork Road, road maintenance
Apr
08
2009
Flathead County got enough takers for their dust abatement program to use up about half the $100,000 budget allocation — none on the North Fork, though. Today’s Daily Inter Lake has the story . . . More than 24 miles of Flathead County roads will get dust abatement this summer through a new cost-sharing program. [...]
Tags: black oil, Dave Prunty, dust abatement, dust palliative, emulsified asphalt, magnesium chloride
Mar
04
2009
As promised, Flathead County has set some money aside for a sort-of dust abatement co-pay plan. Trouble is, there aren’t many takers so far. The deadline is March 27th. From the March 4, 2009 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . . Residents who want to tap into Flathead County’s cost-sharing dust abatement [...]
Tags: black oil, Dave Prunty, dust abatement, dust palliative, emulsified asphalt, gravel roads, magnesium chloride, road maintenance, rural roads
Dec
13
2008
From the Saturday, December 13, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . . If you live in the far reaches of Flathead County, don’t hold your breath waiting for the snowplow to come. The county road department has 8.5 fewer full-time employees to handle the road maintenance load this winter, and no [...]
Tags: Dave Prunty, North Fork Road, road maintenance, snow removal
Dec
05
2008
The Thursday, December 4, 2008 online edition of the Hungry Horse News included a report on the November 20th meeting concerning the North Fork Road called by Commissioner Gary Hall. It is an interesting read. Although the meeting concentrated mostly on dust remediation and funding issues, there was another little gem of more immediate interest: [...]
Tags: Dave Prunty, dust abatement, Gary Hall, North Fork Road, paving, road maintenance, snow removal