>From an article in The Missoulian:
"The oil company seeks
permission to haul 207 loads that are taller than a three-story
building, as wide as a two-lane highway and 75 yards long. The
so-called "high and wide corridor" would enter Montana at Lolo
Pass."
From the description, this picture is probably accurate:
http://wolves.wordpress.com/2010/06/04/tar-sands-protest/
Ron Force
Moscow ID USA
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From: Bill London <london at moscow.com>
To: ringoshirl <ringoshirl at moscow.com>
Cc: vision2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tue, June 8, 2010 12:20:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Highway 12
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
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>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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