Flathead County going after road money for Blacktail and North Fork roads

While the North Fork Road rests under its winter pavement, Flathead County is making plans for improvements  .  .  .

Flathead County plans to vie for money from a restructured federal highway program to make improvements to Blacktail and North Fork roads.

The Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act — MAP-21 — that was signed into law in July will fund surface transportation programs at more than $105 billion for fiscal years 2013 and 2014. Montana’s slice of the federal pie will be $50 million over the two years.

Blacktail Road in Lakeside, the road leading to Blacktail Mountain Ski Area, is a prime contender…

A second proposed project is conducting an engineering analysis and making improvements to the stretch of the North Fork Road north of Polebridge in the Wurtz Slump area…

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