Lolo Pass

  • Imperial Oil announces what amounts to abandonment of Highway 12 for megaloads!

    Ralph Maughan

    Montana judge’s ruling saves Lochsa River and local Idaho and Montana residents- Imperial Oil, Canadian spawn of ExxonMobil has announced they are going to try to break down the size of their tar sands-bound megaloads so that they won’t have to use narrow, winding, scenic U.S. Highway 12 through North Central Idaho and then Montana.…

  • Montana judge halts the building of megaload turnouts in Western Montana

    Ralph Maughan

    Another roadblock to the use of Idaho Highway 12 and Montana highways as corridors for moving Alberta bound tar sand equipment- This is good news, although likely temporary. The turnouts constructed on the Montana side of Lolo Pass appear to be larger than the oil giant said and closer to Lolo Creek which already suffers…

  • Update on the oil megaloads on Highway 12

    Ralph Maughan

    One megaload reaches Lolo; one stuck on Highway 12- We haven’t covered this for a while, but as many predicted the movement is not going smoothly. 1 megaload reaches Lolo; 1 stuck on Highway 12. By Jamie Kelly. Missoulian.

  • Snowy roads, traffic delay violations stall ConocoPhillips megaloads

    Ralph Maughan

    As predicted there have been lots of problems, though they will most certainly get the first load through eventually- Snowy roads, traffic delay violations stall ConocoPhillips megaloads. By Kim Briggeman. Missoulian. There is a rumor that future loads might be routed to use Interstate 90 and 15 which would present far fewer technical, congestion, and…

  • Crowds follow megaload along U.S. Highway 12 in Idaho

    Ralph Maughan

    If all went well, it should stopped at the town of Kooskia now- Crowds follow [first] megaload along U.S. Highway 12 in Idaho. By Kim Briggeman of the Missoulian missoulian.com

  • Local megaload opposition relents on first 4 megaloads

    Ralph Maughan

    Opponents of the megaloads drop fight on the first four- Having lost before the Idaho Department of Transportation, opponents of the oil megaloads will no longer try to stop the first four of them.  These are bound for the existing oil refinery in Billings, Montana. The next 200 megaloads (not approved for now) are for what…

  • Idahoans plan next moves against big oil's megaloads

    Ralph Maughan

    With first, 4 megaloads likely to get go ahead, how can the next 200+ be stopped? ” ‘In some respects it would be nice to get the four loads off the table so we could talk about the real issues,’ said [Linwood] Laughy, who lives along the federal scenic byway in Kooskia, Idaho.” Laughy is…

  • Hearing officer says "yes" to first 4 oil megaloads

    Ralph Maughan

    The next 200 or so loads are still on the table- Boise attorney Merlyn Clark, hearing officer on the oil megaloads that will use U.S. Highway 12 across north central Idaho into Montana has ruled that the first 4 megaloads could be transported safely with “minimum inconvenience” up narrow U.S. Highway 12 to the Montana…

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