The contentious Sand Creek Byway had its kickoff yesterday, a 2.1-mile, $98 million highway to provide a direct traffic route around downtown Sandpoint, Idaho. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter at his keynote address. “They ought to name this project perseverance. This is an economic artery for the state of Idaho and it had some serious blockage.”
So what blocked perseverance? The North Idaho Community Action Network raised concerns the serene waterfront would be drastically altered. They even sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, regarding the permit to dredge and fill parts of Sand Creek. However, some project controversy was the estimated price of the byway: It nearly quadrupled even though the route never changed, expected to cost $25 million in 2001, $45 million in 2003 and $70 million last year. More.
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The contentious Sand Creek Byway had its kickoff yesterday, a 2.1-mile, $98 million highway to provide a direct traffic route around downtown Sandpoint, Idaho. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter at his keynote address. “They ought to name this project perseverance. This is an economic artery for the state of Idaho and it had some serious blockage.”
So what blocked perseverance? The North Idaho Community Action Network raised concerns the serene waterfront would be drastically altered. They even sued the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, regarding the permit to dredge and fill parts of Sand Creek. However, some project controversy was the estimated price of the byway: It nearly quadrupled even though the route never changed, expected to cost $25 million in 2001, $45 million in 2003 and $70 million last year. More.
