Viaduct project paused Friday - waiting on BNSF

While no one was working on the project to improve Havre’s Seventh Avenue viaduct and John Wodarz Bridge over the Milk River in North Havre Friday, the project manager said construction could resume as soon as BNSF approves “a piece of information.”

Construction has resumed as of this morning.

Project Manager Ashley Davis of Dick Anderson Construction— the company that was awarded the $1.4-million multi-phase rehabilitation project — said there is no conflict, no issue, between BNSF and construction crews.

Conflict is not the right word for what halted progress Friday, Davis said.

“There is a...