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Griggs County commissioners weigh enforcement, inspections as pipeline hauling strains rural roads
Summary
Commissioners discussed pre- and post-haul inspection plans, measurement methods and authority to close roads during wet conditions after pipeline hauling altered road profiles; they agreed to field inspections and to involve engineering firm KLJ for measurements and enforcement language.
Griggs County commissioners devoted the meeting Feb. 9 to managing road impacts from a large pipeline-haul program, focusing on how to measure and enforce restoration after heavy hauling.
Commissioners and county road staff said contractors are planning substantial hauling and that maps provided by the hauler appeared to show only limited stretches of County Road 3. County staff warned haulers likely will use longer routes, including State Highway 200, and recommended clarifying the haul map and the extent of required pre- and post-haul inspections. A county roads representative described a proposed inspection protocol of three measurements per mile…
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