Questions raised about road restrictions at MDT meeting

Hill County Commissioner Mark Peterson and Havreite Bob Sivertsen asked Thursday at a Montana Department of Transportation meeting with local officials if counties could put weight restrictions on county roads.

“We are going to look at it, talk about it and see what can be done,” Peterson said during the meeting in the Blaine County Library in Chinook.

He said the issue came up Wednesday at a public meeting about the county’s plan to apply for a $25 million BUILD grant. The restrictions discussed would apply to trucks such as those which are hauling grain and fertilizer. He said that in other...