Megaloads opponents respond to ITD decision to let Conoco loads start rolling

Opponents of the proposed megaloads on U.S. Highway 12 in north-central Idaho today issued this response to ITD’s decision today to let four ConocoPhillips loads start rolling on Monday:

“The 13 contested case intervenors are pleased that during the past 10 months the citizens of Idaho have had an opportunity to peel back the hidden layers of state agency decision-making and to learn more about what their state government has been planning for the Clearwater Valley and Highway 12.  We are saddened by the fact that the thousands of Idahoans who oppose the megaloads are having to work so hard to have one of their own state agencies hear them.  Citizens’ right to question decisions made by state agencies is central to our democratic form of government. The 13 intervenors and their counsel will now need to confer to determine their next step.”