Fighting Goliath

Monday, May 23, 2011 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Conservation, Environment, News, all against the haul, heart of the monster, megaloads

One of the big concerns of those opposing megaloads on Highway 12 was that the end result would be a permanent high load industrial corridor along one of the nations most scenic byways.

Now Weyerhauser wants to be next in line to haul giant equipment across U.S. Highway 12.

LINK (Via: The Boise Weekly)

In 2009 a report by megaload hauler Mammoet Transportation said opening a "high-load corridor" from Lewiston to Alberta, Canada would be a "game changer for Alberta's oil sands developers.

For a well balanced analysis of the megaloads issue read Alex Sakariassen's piece in the Missoula Independent.

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