KALISPELL BYPASS - Project History

PROJECT HISTORY

1994 - MDT implements ROD
Since the ROD was signed in 1994, MDT has been steadily implementing actions agreed to in the FEIS and ROD by designing and constructing segments of the US 93 Somers to Whitefish corridor. MDT also began a corridor preservation project to identify the specific right-of-way needs for the bypass. The corridor preservation project recommended two alignment modifications to allow better traffic flow: 1) the south terminus of the bypass was shifted away from Snowline Lane to Gardner Trailer Sales, and 2) the alignment at the northern end was shifted east of Stillwater Road. A third alignment modification was also recommended based on the results of a supplemental noise analysis performed by MDT. The analysis recommended that the alignment be shifted away from neighborhoods along West Reserve Drive and toward a nearby power line to reduce potential noise impacts.

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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