Hearing eyed in crossing closure plan

SAGLE — Bonner County commissioners plan to hold a public hearing as plans progress to close the at-grade railroad crossing on Heath Lake Road.

The date of the crossing closure or the hearing have not been set yet.

Motorists would have to rely on at-grade crossings on Algoma Spur and East Dufort roads if the Heath Lake crossing is closed.

“It has to be coordinated with the Idaho department of transportation and Burlington Northern,” Commissioner Glen Bailey said of the closure.

BNSF Railway recommended closure of the crossing during a January 2014 railroad crossing evaluation. The diagnostics team included officials from Bonner County, the Idaho Transportation Department, BNSF, Idaho State Police, Montana Rail Link and the Lake Pend Oreille School District.

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