[Vision2020] Mystery loads coming through Palouse

[Sue Hovey]

>From the route description in the article, they will be coming through Moscow.  To intersect with 95 from 195 they would have to.  

Saw the megaload contraption sitting at Lolo Hot Springs this week.  We were told the company put lots of bucks into upgrading power lines in areas along Highway 12 so they wouldn’t have a repeat of causing power outages along that route.  I’m not sure why as most of those main power lines are underground up toward the pass.  

Sue

From: Dan Carscallen 
Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2011 6:53 AM
To: Dan Carscallen 
Cc: Jane Kauzlarich ; Moscow Vision 2020 ; Jeanne McHale ; Fritz Knorr ; Brett Haverstick ; Marilyn Beckett ; Wild Idaho Rising Tide 
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Mystery loads coming through Palouse

Oops, fat fingers pushed the send button instead of the cancel button

Looks like tonight by the article

DC

On Aug 13, 2011, at 6:50, Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:


  They're not coming thru Moscow, they are going 

  DC

  On Aug 13, 2011, at 5:24, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:


    Does anybody have any knowledge of these megaloads?

    When will they be traveling through Moscow?

    Courtesy of today's (August 13, 2011) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.

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    Mystery loads coming through Palouse
    Four overlegal equipment shipments going through SR 26, US 95 Sunday

    Four overlegal loads will travel up U.S. Highway 95 late Sunday and early Monday after entering Idaho through Washington State Route 195 above the Lewiston grade.

    Ryash Transport of Alberta, Canada, is hauling the loads from the Port of Vancouver for an unknown company neither the Washington nor Idaho transportation departments had information about Friday. An employee of Ryash Transport declined to name the company when reached by phone Friday.

    The loads include two hoppers - large pyramidal containers used in industrial processes to hold particles collected from the air - both more than 120,000 pounds, and two platforms - at least one described as a radar platform - both weighing 77,000 pounds.

    One hopper and both platforms measure 20-23 feet wide and will take up two lanes of traffic heading north on U.S. 95, Rush said, but Ryash's transportation plan outlines turnouts and delays must be limited to 15 minutes.

    The four loads will leave the Port of Vancouver an hour apart starting 10 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 5, connect to Interstate 405 through Seattle/Bellevue - this portion of the trip can only be done after 2:30 a.m. - to Interstate 90 to state Highway 26 all the way to Colfax and then to S.R. 195, said Alice Fiman, a spokeswoman for the Washington State Department of Transportation. Those loads will be accompanied by Washington State Patrol as required under their permits, Fiman said.

    The loads will also enter Idaho an hour apart starting 10 p.m. Sunday, said Adam Rush, spokesman for the Idaho Transportation Department. He said ITD does not have a final destination for the load as Ryash's transportation plan states the loads will then connect back to I-90 and into Montana.

    The Idaho State Police will not provide an escort, Rush said, as ITD does not typically require it for an overlegal load. Imperial Oil/ExxonMobil has contracted with ISP to escort its refinery equipment shipments to the Montana border, but was not required to by ITD, Rush said. Brandon Macz can be reached at (208) 882-5561, ext. 238, or by email to bmacz at dnews.com.

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    Seeya round town, Moscow.

    Tom Hansen
    Moscow, Idaho

    "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change and the Realist adjusts his sails."

    - Unknown

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