[Vision2020] Perhaps Now the Moscow City Council Will Give a Damn

Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Wed Mar 23 09:33:23 PDT 2011


Ah, yes.

I almost forgot about that curve.

Once it is announced, when the semi-megaloads are expected to commence
their journey north on 95, I will be setting up camp on the south side of
The Corner Club waitin' for that Kodak moment when they cruise up
Washington.

Head 'em up and move 'em out, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho


On Wed, March 23, 2011 9:22 am, Art Deco wrote:
> Especially the S-curve right after the bridge over the river in CDA.
>
> w.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Tom Hansen
>   To: Moscow Vision 2020
>   Cc: Marilyn Beckett ; Borg Hendrickson
>   Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 8:46 AM
>   Subject: [Vision2020] Perhaps Now the Moscow City Council Will Give a
> Damn
>
>
>   "The loads - up to 66 of them - would likely go through Moscow."
>
>   It should also prove interesting to see how these loads maneuver through
>   Coeur d'Alene and enter I-90.
>
>   Courtesy of today's (March 23, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>
>   -------------------------------------------------------
>
>   Loads shifting to I-95: ITD considers plan to send half-size ExxonMobil
>   oil gear through Moscow to I-90
>
>   The Idaho Transportation Department is reviewing a proposal from
> Imperial
>   Oil/ExxonMobil to reduce the size of 33 megaloads at the Port of
> Lewiston
>   so they can be shipped up U.S. Highway 95 to Interstate 90.
>
>   The loads - up to 66 of them - would likely go through Moscow.
>
>   A crew of around 100 is at work on the megaloads, although it was not
>   clear Tuesday exactly how much they would be reduced in length, width or
>   height.
>
>   "Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil is currently cutting 33 loads that are located
> at
>   the Port of Lewiston in half," said Mollie McCarty, ITD governmental
>   affairs manager, in an email.
>
>   The cost of cutting the 33 loads at the Port of Lewiston is about
> $500,000
>   each, she said in the email, but ITD is not aware of the timeline to
>   complete these reductions.
>
>   Cutting all 33 loads in half could cost ExxonMobil $16.5 million.
>
>   The ITD has begun reviewing the proposal to use Highway 95, though a
> fixed
>   route has not yet been determined, ITD officials said.
>
>   "I know that we're at the very initial part of that," said McCarty.
> "We're
>   in the early stages right now for reviewing this plan."
>
>   At the same time, a full-size test shipment - much like the highly
>   contested ConocoPhillips megaloads - still is slated to startup U.S.
>   Highway 12 to assess whether ExxonMobil megaloads can safely make the
> same
>   journey, possibly more than a hundred times in the future.
>
>   The test shipment - which is 24 feet wide, 208 feet long, 30 feet high
> and
>   weighs 508,000 pounds - is scheduled to leave the Port of Lewiston
> Monday
>   night and is the only load ITD has approved for travel. The oil company
>   would like this to be the first of 114 such shipments destined for the
>   Kearl Oil Sands project in Alberta, Canada.
>
>   ITD spokesman Adam Rush said the test shipment will be used to decide
>   whether movement along the curvy highway is manageable and if any
> problems
>   arise that need to be addressed. The trip is expected to take three
> days.
>
>   Meanwhile, two ConocoPhillips megaloads destined for a Billings, Mont.,
>   refinery may not make it there until April, according to a report from
> the
>   Missoulian. The second load left Lewiston on Feb. 17.
>
>   --------------------------------------------------------
>
>   Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>   Tom Hansen
>   Moscow, Idaho
>
>   "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
> change
>   and the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
>   - Unknown
>
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and the Realist adjusts his sails."

- Unknown




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