Truck hearings announced for North Idaho

SANDPOINT — Public hearings will be held in the second week of March to take comment on applications allowing trucks weighing up to 129,000 pounds on sections of U.S. 95, Idaho 1, U.S. 2, Idaho 41 and Idaho 54.

These shipments are reducible, meaning cargo or goods can be removed to make a shipment lighter.

Comments will be taken on applications to allow trucks on U.S. 95 from the Latah County/Benewah County line to the Canadian border (milepost 371 to milepost 538), Idaho 1 between Pioneer Road and the Canadian border (milepost 0 to milepost 11.17), Idaho 1 between U.S. 95 to Pioneer Road (milepost 521 to milepost 522), U.S. 2 between U.S. 95 and the Montana border (milepost 64 to milepost 80), U.S. 2 between U.S. 95 and the Washington border, which is milepost 0 to milepost 28. Additional milepost locations in this route application include milepost 29.7 to milepost 29.8, and milepost 475 to milepost 475.7 to ensure access to and from U.S. 95.

Route applications also include Idaho 41 between its intersection with Idaho 54 and its intersection with U.S. 2 (milepost 18.9 to milepost 39), and Idaho 54 between its intersection with Idaho 41 and its intersection with U.S. 95 (milepost 0 to milepost 8).

The hearings will be:

• Coeur d’Alene — Tuesday, March 7, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at the Idaho Transportation Department district headquarters, 600 W. Prairie Ave.

• Bonners Ferry — Thursday, March 9, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bonners Ferry Visitors Center, 7198 Highway 95.

• Sandpoint — Saturday, March 11, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Community Plaza, 231 N. Third Ave.

There will be an opportunity to give verbal or written testimony at the public hearings.

Those interested in reviewing the applications before the hearings can visit itd.idaho.gov/freight/?target=129000-lbs-route-requests, and click on 129k Pending Route Requests.

Those interested in submitting comments before or after the hearings can do so by visiting the webpage. Comments also can be emailed to adam.rush@itd.idaho.gov, or mailed to: Adam Rush, Idaho Transportation Department, 3311 W. State St., Boise, ID 83703. Comments on the applications will be received through Thursday, March 30, 2017.

Those with questions about the route applications can send an email to adam.rush@itd.idaho.gov or call (208) 334-8119.