Kiss riding, Idaho, Rt.12, good bye!

[Malaszka]

Correct as far as I understand it, permits haven't been issued. But, they must have been assured enough to have the equipment poised and waiting in Lewiston. The Missoulian has been covering the issue and I don't seem to remember Lee Enterprises as being a "tree hugger" type of publisher. I must agree with you that the government would be the better ones to over see it as corporations have proven they are primarily after the bottom dollar.

Curious, an article in the Oregonian (don't laugh!) as of the 5th says the permits for the shipments to travel rt 12 have not been obtained yet for equipment bound for Canada. I checked other news sites and areas to research this a bit, and other than the tree hugger sites, I have yet to see anything saying this route is going to become a 4 lane super highway funded by cutting down all the trees. Some turn outs will be built (could be safer for all later), some utilities will have to be moved or buried (a good thing, restores the natural views) but I don't see anythin that leads me to believe this little Canadian adventure that will benefit the US will ruin this area.

And I would like to think that even though this would help the US, that the people that make the rules, the government, would actually follow their owns rules about the environment etc and if approved would monitor this activity and safe guard our lands that we ask them to. Sorry, I am silly that way, kind of think that despite how self serving government can be that it still tries to do its best most of the time.

And don't know about alternate routes, seems that some of the items are rather tall, too tall for inter state freeways. Don't know about the height of the bridges on the Mississippi and if they would fit under those. One article described some items as 3 stories tall, 24 feet wide and 75 yards long.