6/25/2010
Reminder - Meetings scheduled to provide information and take public comment on plans to truck large equipment on U.S. 12
BOISE - Public meetings will be held June 28 and June 29 to provide information and take comment on proposed plans by Imperial Oil to truck up to 200 large pieces of equipment on U.S. 12.
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) and Imperial Oil will jointly host the meetings on Monday, June 28, in Moscow, Lewiston and on Tuesday, June 29, in Kooskia.
Imperial Oil is proposing to haul equipment from the Port of Lewiston on U.S. 12 in Idaho, then into Montana. From Montana, the equipment will be driven to Alberta, Canada, for the Kearl oil sands project in northern Alberta.
The meetings will be at the following locations:
Moscow: 11 a.m. to 1
p.m., Monday, June 28, Moscow City Hall, 206 E. 3rd St.
Lewiston: 4 p.m. 7 p.m., Monday, June 28, Red Lion Inn
621, 21st St.
Kooskia: 4 p.m. 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 29, Kooskia City
Hall 26 South Main St.
Comments or questions on Imperial Oils plan to transport the equipment can be made by attending the meetings and using comment forms, by mailing the Idaho Transportation Department at P.O. Box 7129, Boise, 83707-1129, or by emailing comments@itd.idaho.gov. An overview of Imperial Oils transport plans also can be viewed at www.kearltransport.com/Idaho. The deadline for comments is July 14.