KALISPELL BYPASS - Project History

PROJECT HISTORY

September 1994 - Somers to Whitefish EIS
The US 93 Somers to Whitefish West Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was completed in September 1994 with extensive public involvement and covered an approximately 50-mile long corridor of US 93 from Somers to Whitefish. The FEIS recommended a number of highway improvements to US 93, including an 8-mile long bypass around the west side of the City of Kalispell. The purpose of the bypass was to remove traffic from the congested areas of Kalispell by providing a direct north-south route for truck traffic and others for whom Kalispell was not a destination. In November 1994, the findings from the FEIS were documented in a Record of Decision (ROD) with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) that identified the preferred bypass route along the western side of Kalispell.

Summary of
All Past Activity

Sept 1994
"Somers to
Whitefish EIS"

1994
"MDT implements ROD"

Aug 1997
"MTC passes resolution"

July 2006
"Re-evaluation complete"

Sept 2006
"City & County
request"

Fall 2007
"Reserve Loop constructed"

Fall 2007
"City & County
identify south
segment priority"

Fall 2008
"City & County
support 'interim'
projects providing
two-lane road
and at-grade
intersections"

Fall 2009
"Design completed
for Interim US2
South "

Winter 2010
"Interim US2
South Constructed"

Winter 2010
"Design Completed
for Hutton Ranch
Road Extension"

Fall 2011
"Construction of
Hutton Ranch Road
Extension Design"

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