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• Developer, state reach byway site settlement

  April 7, 2010 in Idaho on Page A1 The state of Idaho will pay $275,000 to settle a dispute over the seizure of 25 boat slips and docks at the Sandpoint Marina during a U.S. Highway 95 construction …

• Settlement reached in Sand Creek Byway dispute

  April 6, 2010 in Idaho The state of Idaho will pay $275,000 to settle a dispute over the seizure of 25 boat slips and docks at the Sandpoint Marina during a U.S. Highway 95 construction …

• Chamber will benefit downtown

  December 6, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 The Sand Creek Byway has been a hotly contested issue in Sandpoint for several years, dividing business owners and residents who eagerly shared their arguments either for or against a …

• Sandpoint byway erosion control draws EPA’s scrutiny, complaint

  October 16, 2009 in Idaho on Page A7 The Idaho Transportation Department is again in trouble with the federal regulators over faulty erosion controls at a U.S. Highway 95 construction project. An inspector with the U.S. Environmental Protection …

• EPA issues fines in Sand Creek Byway project

  October 14, 2009 in Idaho The federal Environmental Protection Agency has fined the Idaho Transportation Department and a contractor the state hired for work on the Sand Creek Byway in northern Idaho. 1

• Sandpoint byway work likely to test patience

  June 5, 2009 in Idaho Tempers flared last week when the Sand Creek Byway project snarled Sandpoint traffic up to two miles in each direction from the Long Bridge. Embankment and utility work at the …

• Sand Creek Byway work to start

  November 15, 2008 in Idaho on Page B1 BOISE – Dredging and pile-driving for the controversial Sand Creek Byway in downtown Sandpoint are scheduled to start next week, even though a federal judge still is deciding whether the …

• Marina owner challenges removal of docks

  November 15, 2008 in City on Page B1 Idaho and Sandpoint police were called out Thursday when preparation for dredging to build the Sand Creek Byway sparked a confrontation between a North Idaho businessman and construction workers. Ralph …

• Injunction sought on byway

  November 13, 2008 in Idaho on Page B5 SANDPOINT – Opponents of the U.S. Highway 95 bypass in Sandpoint have asked a federal judge to issue an injunction halting construction. The North Idaho Community Action Network filed the …

• Work on byway beginning

  October 31, 2008 in City on Page A1 Sandpoint hosted a who’s who of Idaho politics Thursday to celebrate the start of construction for the long-awaited and much-protested Sand Creek Byway, a 2.1-mile, $98 million highway that will …

• Sand Creek byway on hold

  July 11, 2008 in City on Page B1 Construction of the controversial Sand Creek Byway in Sandpoint has been temporarily blocked by an injunction issued by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The federal appeals court late …