Petition drive starts to kill Grass Range roundabout

Havre Daily News staff

Three lawmakers - two active and one retired - are taking action to stop construction of a planned roundabout at the junction of U.S. Highways 200 and 87 near Grass Range, a project Bob Sivertsen called "an insidious, ill-conceived, $4 million safety project."

"I'm aghast that the Montana Department of Transportation would even consider constructing such a monstrosity out on the baldheaded prairie when the safety issue can be fixed for under $250,000, with the balance of the $4 million being used for other safety projects on Highway 200," Sivertsen said in a pres...