Jan 15 2012
Well, we can’t go too many weeks without talking about the darn road. So, here’s the latest, courtesy of the Daily Inter Lake. The item of most direct interest to North Forkers is that the county will probably start taking applications for this summer’s dust control cost-share program in February . . . The work [...]
Aug 26 2011
The month is not complete without at least one road-related post. This one is courtesy of the Daily Inter Lake . . . The road dust control project in Flathead County has wrapped up for the season, county Public Works Director Dave Prunty recently told commissioners. Magnesium chloride was applied to 43 miles of county-maintained [...]
May 10 2011
Here’s another sign of Spring: an article about gravel road dust control. From today’s Daily Inter Lake . . . The placement of a dust-control product on 42 miles of gravel roads in Flathead County is scheduled to begin around June 1. County commissioners last week awarded a contract for the work to Montana Dust [...]
Apr 08 2011
Here’s another one of those obligatory, periodic road pieces. It will come as no surprise to anyone on the North Fork that winter was pretty hard on local roads. An article in today’s Daily Inter Lake discusses this. It also provides some statistics on this year’s cost-shared dust abatement program . . . Flathead County [...]
Mar 09 2011
It’s that time again. Folks wishing to participate in Flathead County’s road dust control program have until Monday, March 21 to apply . . . Flathead County residents still have an opportunity to participate in a cost-share program related to dust control on county-maintained gravel roads. Flathead County Public Works Director Dave Prunty and Flathead [...]
Sep 26 2010
For those of you not wishing to wade through multi-megabytes of material, today’s Daily Inter Lake has a good summary of the findings of the recently completed North Fork Flathead Road Corridor Study . . . Only additional grading and stabilization treatments for the North Fork Road have broad public support, according to a recently [...]
Sep 21 2010
The final North Fork Flathead Road Corridor Study document is now available for download from the study’s web page. The study document does not include the three associated appendices, which can also be downloaded from the same place. For those of you who don’t wish to wade through the full 66-page document, the study group’s [...]
Jul 29 2010
Here’s the Flathead Beacon’s take on last Tuesday’s public open house to discuss the North Fork Road corridor study draft . . . To pave or not to pave? The question of what to do with the North Fork Road was further debated Tuesday night in Columbia Falls. Residents, local business owners and Flathead County [...]
Jul 29 2010
Here’s the Daily Inter Lake’s write-up on last Tuesday’s public open house to discuss the North Fork Road corridor study draft. If for no other reason, it’s worth reading for Flathead County Commissioner Jim Dupont’s pragmatic comments . . . To pave or not to pave may not be the question. Due to lack of [...]
Jul 29 2010
This week’s Hungry Horse News has a good summary of last Tuesday’s public open house to discuss the North Fork Road corridor study draft. Note that public comments are due by August 10. Send e-mail to mdtnffrteam@mt.gov or write to Lani Eggertsen-Goff, PB 488 E. Wincester Street, Suite 400, Murray, UT 84107. The draft corridor [...]
