27 February 2016

West Kalispellians cannot bypass inconvenience

Starting next week, the heavy hauling and mighty inconveniences begin. Five hundred truckloads a day of roadbed gravel will be trucked from a gravel pit near Stillwater Road to the bypass. Roads near Glacier High School will be closed to prevent inconveniences to the haulers.

Meanwhile, there will be delays on the ugly detour on Two Mile Drive as flagmen stop motorists to accommodate the bypass builders. This will make the morning rush hour more interesting. Those of us living west of the detour can avoid it by driving west on Two Mile to Spring Creek, turning north on Spring Creek, then east on Three Mile Drive. On Spring Creek, watch out for a speed trap near the cell phone tower.

Stillwater Road already sports “rough road” warnings. It may be renamed Axel Busting Lane after the bypass is completed.

Stillwater Road near the junction with Three Mile Drive.

Parkridge and Bypass. Cleaning this clogged culvert should be fun.