Community members comment on Highway 2

Most of the people at a public meeting on the environmental impact statement for U.S. Highway 2 east of Havre agreed that widening the highway to four lanes would be the best alternative.

"We have, without a doubt, the worse highway in the state," said Evelyn Krause of Havre. "I still feel if we don't get this done now, we'll have to wait another 75 years."

The meeting Monday night at Montana State University-Northern Student Union Building was the first to gather comment about what should be done to improve a 45-mile section of the road between Havre and Fort Belknap. About 20 people atten...