Mar 25 2009
From the Monday, March 23, 2009 edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
Flathead County hopes to get money from the federal Secure Rural Schools Act this summer to make improvements on the North Fork and Star Meadows roads.
The county has asked for $175,000 in federal money to apply crushed rock on the North [...]
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 program this [...]
Jan 27 2009
From the Tuesday, January 27, 2009 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .
County officials briefed the county commissioners Monday on last year’s efforts and this year’s plans to deal with vehicles churning up dust on the Flathead’s gravel roads.
“We’ve demonstrated to the [Montana Department of Environmental Quality] and to the state that [...]
Oct 10 2008
One of the factors in the ongoing road maintenance debate is the impact of paving on increased land development and settlement. Headwaters Economics along with Chris Servheen of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Montana just released a report titled “Land Use Effects of Paving Rural Roads in Western Montana” that [...]