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Glacier County approves equipment repairs, buys new road system as staff readies East Marias road for solar project traffic
Summary
Commissioners approved a replacement CAT grader door and a new mobile board system and were briefed on a developer-funded road treatment for an incoming solar farm that staff say will require heavy truck access. Insurance, repair costs and vendor pricing were discussed.
Glacier County commissioners on Aug. 26 approved several road‑maintenance equipment purchases and heard from staff about work preparing East Marias and Sullivan Bridge roads for heavy traffic tied to a nearby solar farm.
The board voted to buy a replacement CAT grader door for $5,578.37 after a training incident rendered the existing door beyond repair; staff said the county will pay a roughly $4,500 deductible and expect insurance to reimburse the difference. "We were training a new guy in there, and he got cut loose on his own...the door got tweaked so bad…
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