Highway 2 Association launches survey of businesses

The Highway 2 Association is asking Northern Montana businesses whether they would benefit from widening U.S. Highway 2 to four lanes.

Bob Sivertsen, president of the association, said Wednesday the group has hired a consultant to review the economic component of the environmental impact statement being prepared for work on a 45-mile stretch of the highway, and is hand-delivering four-question surveys to every business on the highway between the North Dakota state line and Libby.

The economic component, done by ICF Consulting for the EIS, reviewed whether widening the highway between Havre and...