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Commissioners affirm removal of Trestle/Trussell Creek segment from USFS cooperative plowing agreement over safety and equity concerns
Summary
Bonner County affirmed a January decision to remove a Forest Service segment of Trussell Creek Road from a cooperative roads agreement after safety risks from snowmobilers sharing plowed roadways and concerns about providing free plowing to a subset of users.
Bonner County commissioners on Tuesday affirmed a January 7, 2025, decision to remove the portion of Trussell (Trestle) Creek Road from milepost 3.7 to 4.18 — ending at Star Ridge Road — from a U.S. Forest Service cooperative roads agreement.
Jason Top, Road and Bridge director, told the board the segment had been plowed by the county for decades as a “handshake” arrangement and that the county lacks an off‑road turnaround where snowmobilers now share the plowed portion with plows. “We could not come up with a safe resolution to…
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