Williston, ND Active Issues

Someone mentioned county road 10 to me - east and west.  Which they would be plowing through the middle of the farm.    Has anyone else heard this.. that is 18 miles out of town, it just seems a little too far.  But maybe not. 

I went to the meeting they had at the Ernie French Center.  As of then they had not decided on where the permanent route will be.  They had a map with three possibilities.

The "yellow" route started on Co. Rd 4 just west of the 4mile and continued North until it connects with Co. Rd 6.  Apparently there is some problems with this as they found Teepee rings.  Many also thought this was too close to town.

The "Red" route also starts on Co. Rd 4 then goes to 142nd Ave NW and connects with Co. Rd 6.  Most didn't favor this one as it would need the most new roads built. 

The "blue" route starts at the Trenton turnoff (143rd I think) and heading N. until it connects  Co Rd 6.  They also talked about different possibilities on how to connect hwy 85 with this.

Some people also asked if Co. Rd 1 had been considered.

Many people there voiced concerns that Co. Rd 6 is too close and that town was almost there already.  They asked if they had looked at Co Rd 9 or the 13 mile.

I tried to load the map I received there, but my computer froze.

There is also a temporary route that will be used next summer.  It starts at Co. rd 4 and weaves its way to Co. rd 6.  They are anticipating 5000 trucks being on this gravel road.  I'm not in favor of this for many reasons.  One of them being it will be 500 ft from my front door and I do not see how the County is going to be able to maintain it.

From the site - http://www.cityofwilliston.com/usrfiles/CM/Docs/WillistonCIPBrochure.pdf

East Williston Truck Route 

This project is a Truck Route designation that re-aligns

51st Street NW along the north side of the

 industrial park to elongate the east/west segment

and reduce grade conflicts. Improvements will be

constructed to increase pavement thickness and

increase shoulder widths throughout the remainder

of the corridor to facilitate designation as a

Truck Route. This project is intended to reduce 

traffic on East Dakota Parkway. ($5,600,000)

Northwest Bypass 

The Northwest Bypass is a recommended roadway 

that will bypass the City of Williston and 

allow traffic to flow without interference from 

local traffic, as well as reduce congestion within 

the City, while improving roadway safety. The 

bypass will begin west of Williston at the intersecion

of Highway 85 and Highway 2 and extend

north and east to a point north of Williston at the

intersection of Highway 2 and County Highway

7. Funding for this project will require considerable

coordination and collaboration between the

Federal, State, and Local agencies. ($33,000,000)

Good question.  I'm curious to know the plans as well. 

Thanks for asking!