Consultants pick alternatives for local section of Highway 2

Consultants on a U.S. Highway 2 project between Havre and Fort Belknap have come up with several possible designs.

The alternatives selected by David Evans and Associates will be carried into the next stage of the environmental impact statement the Denver firm is preparing for the Montana Department of Transportation.

The alternatives are: an improved two-lane highway with wider shoulders and a wider, flatter clear zone next to each shoulder; an improved two-lane with wider shoulders and clear zones and intermittent passing lanes; an undivided four-lane with wider shoulders and clear zones; an...