[Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow

[Donovan Arnold]

My Questions;
 
How did the Mayor acquire the ability to dictate what questions can an cannot be asked? I understand informing people they will only answer questions they feel are related to the transport of the megaloads, but to tell people what they can and cannot ask seems more like a scripted event than an actual Q&A session. 
 
Why should any people be required to allow these megaloads to be run through their towns when they are not designed to handle this kind transport? I don't think it would hurt Exxon Mobile financially  to find another means of transporting their product without disrupting the quality of life, safety, and well being of others with lesser means than them. 
 
Donovan Arnold
 
 
 --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Craine Kit <kcraine at frontier.com> wrote:


From: Craine Kit <kcraine at frontier.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Questions About Semi-Megaloads in Moscow
To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
Cc: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 9:47 AM


Of course, one must ask about the impact of the convoy of 30 or so  
vehicles--which is said to take an hour to pass any particular point.

Kit Craine





On May 10, 2011, at 5:43 AM, Tom Hansen wrote:

> Courtesy of today's (May 10, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> OUR VIEW: Questions about semimegaloads in Moscow
> Lee Rozen, for the editorial board
> Posted on: Tuesday, May 10, 2011
>
>
> In the middle of about 60 nights this year, Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil  
> wants
> to send oil equipment convoys that are a block or so long, two lanes  
> wide
> and 16 feet tall rumbling and blinking north through downtown Moscow.
>
> The Korean-built equipment would head from Lewiston via U.S. Highway  
> 95,
> Interstate 90 and Montana to the Kearl Oil Sands in Alberta. To get  
> each
> load from Lewiston to the Benewah County line should take one night
> between 10 p.m. and 5:30 a.m. Officials promise traffic delays of no  
> more
> than 15 minutes.
>
> But the travel plan is under review, and neither Idaho nor Montana has
> issued the necessary permits, or said when they will. The Moscow
> semi-megaload route has been chosen because of the delays in getting
> megaloads up the scenic U.S. Highway 12 corridor.
>
> ExxonMobil and Idaho Transportation Department officials have  
> deigned to
> listen to Moscow's concerns about that at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the  
> Hamilton
> Indoor Recreation Center, 1724 E. F St.
>
> At that meeting. ITD and oil company officials will talk first, and  
> then
> take questions and comments from those who have signed in. Also, you  
> can
> email your thoughts to the ITD at comments at itd.idaho.gov, and the City
> Council at skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us.
>
> Mayor Nancy Chaney apparently has declared the morality of ExxonMobil
> profits, the Kearl Oil Sands project and fossil fuel consumption
> off-limits for discussion Wednesday night.
>
> ExxonMobil made profits of $10.7 billion in first quarter 2011. Some  
> say
> the Kearl Oil Sands project is destroying the Canadian environment and
> killing residents of the area.
>
> Still, that leaves plenty of questions that need answers:
>
> Who makes sure delays are only 15 minutes? What happens if they  
> aren't?
>
> Will all cross-streets in Moscow be closed?
>
> Is it a delay if traffic keeps moving at 15 miles an hour behind the
> convoy? (The ITD says it isn't a delay; federal rules say it is.)
>
> Who pays for moving power lines and stoplights out of the way?
>
> Will this semi-megaload convoy be likely to wake me up when it goes  
> by my
> house or apartment?
>
> Will you notify shippers - and the media so they can alert the  
> public - in
> advance of a convoy?
>
> Once permits are issued, can their terms be changed without notice?
>
> What if state police escorts get called to an emergency? Will that  
> stall
> the convoy?
>
> What if Montana won't let the semi-megaloads in?
>
> Let's hope we hear some good answers.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Seeya there, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "This is the 'Mouse that Roared,' 'David and Goliath' and 'Avatar' all
> rolled into one.  We must remember that the thousands of citizens  
> involved
> in this effort to protect their personal and family safety, their
> businesses and their lifestyles are confronting some of the largest
> international corporations in the world."
>
> - Linwood Laughy
>
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