[Vision2020] Highway 12

[Bill London]

S-
Thanks for your interest in this Highway 12 oil-equipment issue.
I am trying to understand the size of these loads.
I saw a photo that supposedly placed a loaded logging truck next to one of the loads --and the oil equipment load was easily 20 times the size of the logging truck.  But, it could have been a photo-shop scam.
Do you have access to any photos that provide a clear sense of the size of these loads, like placed in comparison to another vehicle?
BL
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: ringoshirl 
  To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 8:22 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Highway 12


  Visionaries:

  Regarding the US Highway 12 transport of equipment:

  According to Idaho Code, the Department of Transportation decision for issuing a permit is mostly engineering-based.   The state of Montana has more restrictive laws with respect to issuing permits.  According to the Department of Transportation, Idaho's process involves such details as examining loads, clearance, and dealing with convenience to the public.   One major concern would involve the removal of one of these huge barrels should there be an accident that would, for example, put it in the river.   I wondered about Idaho approved routes for heavy trucks, but this does not apply to US highways.

  According to the Department of Transportation representative to whom I spoke, Conoco-Phillips and EXXON-Mobile have agreed to hold public meetings to discuss the plans.  They will probably be held in Lewiston and Kooskia, and will be announced in the paper.  The Idaho Department of Transportation has not yet issues the permit.

  Shirley RIngo



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