Megaloads Coming To CdA Soon

Item: Loads permitted for Coeur d’Alene: Alternate route uses U.S. Highway 95 /Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise.

More Info: The Idaho Transportation Department has issued the first two permits for modified megaloads of oil field equipment to travel up U.S. Highway 95 to Coeur d’Alene, then turn onto Interstate 90 to Montana. The two loads could start moving as soon as June 27, destined for the Alberta oil sands in Canada. They’re among 33 giant loads of oil equipment that have been stalled in Lewiston for months, awaiting permits to travel on scenic, twisting U.S. Highway 12 to Montana. Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil has been cutting those loads in half, reducing their height but not their length or width, to allow them to travel on the interstate.

Question: Is it fair that the Coeur d’Alene area is stuck with mini-megaloads without much input?