Friday, February 4, 2011
Environment Mega-loads Delayed by Weather for Second Night
Posted by George Prentice on Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:03 PM
Old man winter is accomplishing something that mega-loads opponents have yet to do: stop the massive shipments from rolling.
For the second night, an arctic blast and icy roads stalled ConocoPhillips' effort to move the first of four mega-loads across U.S. Highway 12 in north central Idaho. The first shipment was expected to arrive at the Montana border by Saturday. Now, the earliest the first mega-load could reach Lolo Pass is Monday morning. But cold weather and snow are forecast through much of the weekend.
Meanwhile, the Idaho Transportation Department is scrambling to deal with another challenge: the fact that traffic delays have been as long as 59 minutes, instead of the predicted 15 to 20 minutes. Revisions to Conoco's travel plan will be required before they're allowed to ship a second mega-load from the Port of Lewiston.
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These loads should never have been released to travel Highway 12 as once you pass milepost 114 the roadway narrows and once you reach mileposts 156 to 158 there is a series of tight corners. This does not address that the road surface running through Orofino was placed in 1969 when the Dworshak Dam was put in. Will all the monies received on the permits be put back into restoring the roadways in north-central Idaho?
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Giant surprise... delays are longer than promised. Wonder what other promises will be broken along the way? But the important thing is that the big companies got their way and we all re-learned that money rules! This is one of our favorite and beautiful routes to travel. I sure hope it will continue to be so, but I have serious misgivings about what this route will be like after all the mega-loads finish their journeys, and we all know that now that the precedent has been set there will be more.
Do you concerned citizens of idaho know that Kamiah,Kooskia,Grangeville,and Orofino get your fuel from billings. The pipe line ends at missoula, used to go through the flathead reservation but no more. The fuel is transported over the pass by trucking companies. There has been may spills on the Idaho side. I wish the state of Idaho would outlaw the transportation of fuel over the pass, lets see how much your fuel will costs you then. I personally do not see a problem with the mega loads hurting the the road surface, as the loads move slow and the weight is spread out among many axles. I believe the people that complain have no real complaint, you need a job, you like to create problems when there is none. Let the mega loads roll and quit hassling them. One last comment, I really do not like bicycles on the Idaho side of highway 12, they are a true hazard to traffic.
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