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0 Community Corner A Montana town of about 900 people was isolated as raging flood waters washed away homes and bridges in and near Yellowstone National Park. Daniel Hampton , Patch Staff Posted | Updated Reply GARDINER, MT — Record flooding washed away homes, roads and bridges in and around Yellowstone National Park, leaving some communities isolated and forcing all park entrances to close through at least Wednesday. The flooding Tuesday comes after torrential rain and rapidly melting snowpack, just as the summer tourist season ramps up. As Montana Patch previously reported, all entrances to Yellowstone were temporarily closed Monday after officials said unprecedented rainfall brought heavy flooding, rock slides and other hazardous conditions to the park. Photos and videos (some with graphic language ) posted on Twitter show a bridge near Tom Miner Basin being washed away by raging waters in the … [Read more...] about Yellowstone Flooding Washes Away Homes, Bridges; Communities Evacuate

0 Politics & Government "These bridges are often overlooked when decisions are being made, but they are essential," Biden said. Daily Montanan , News Partner Posted Reply Daily Montanan January 16, 2022 The federal government will begin releasing more than $5 billion for distressed bridges in the first year of funding under the recent infrastructure law, President Joe Biden said in a Friday video message. He specifically mentioned the Brent Spence Bridge connecting Ohio and Kentucky, the Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River between Oregon and Washington and the Blatnik Bridge between Minnesota and Wisconsin. The law would provide money over the next five years to address bridges in need of repair and waive the requirement that states and local governments provide matching funds, Biden said. The figure represents the largest spending on bridges since the Interstate Highway System was created, Biden … [Read more...] about Federal Government Begins Releasing More Than $5 Billion For Distressed Bridges In First Year Of Funding

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state court on Thursday permanently blocked Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to toll as many as nine major bridges on interstates in Pennsylvania, siding with three Pittsburgh-area municipalities that argued that his administration had violated procedures in getting to the advanced stage of considering the idea. A panel of Commonwealth Court judges granted the municipalities' request to effectively declare the plan dead because Wolf's Department of Transportation had not followed the law. One key element on which the court agreed with the municipalities is the claim that PennDOT was required to propose specific bridges to toll when it asked the Public-Private Transportation Partnership Board in 2020 for permission to move forward with a bridge-tolling plan. It did not. As a result, parties potentially affected by a tolling project — such as a municipality — had no opportunity to meaningfully give input to the process before the board's decision, the court said. … [Read more...] about Pennsylvania court blocks governor’s bridge tolling plan

0 Traffic & Transit Officials said crews will be rebuilding the area where southbound Interstate 275 currently crosses the work zone to exit to Interstate 94. Dylan Siwicki , Patch Staff Posted Reply WAYNE COUNTY, MI — All southbound Interstate 275 ramps to Interstate 94 will close in July for a month as part of the ongoing project on I-275 in Wayne County, state officials said. The ramps will close starting 5 a.m. July 11 through early August. Officials said construction crews will be rebuilding the area where southbound Interstate 275 currently crosses the work zone to exit to Interstate 94. Crews will be improving the drainage in that area on the freeway and re-coating the concrete of the southbound Interstate 275 bridge to eastbound Interstate 94 that was rebuilt last year. There will also be work on the westbound Interstate 94 bridge over the exits. All traffic will be detoured further south on southbound … [Read more...] about SB I-275 Ramps To I-94 In Wayne County Will Close In July For 1 Month

Abortion advocates want Coloradans moved to action by the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn of Roe v. Wade to know there are many ways to help in the fight for women’s reproductive rights, but some options could do more harm than good. Employees with Cobalt, a Colorado-based nonprofit organization focused on bridging access to reproductive health care, advised on the best — as well as potentially harmful — ways people can get involved in fighting for safe access to abortions, which remain legal in Colorado after the legislature enshrined the right to an abortion in state law. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, trigger laws in 13 states — Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma and Wyoming — went into effect, criminalizing abortion in those states immediately or in the near future. Colorado is surrounded by states restricting or banning abortions, making it a popular … [Read more...] about Stop posting about “camping,” Colorado abortion advocates say — and get involved these ways instead

Heavy crowds are expected at Denver International Airport on Thursday, marking the start of a busy Fourth of July weekend — and the kick-off for the busiest months of summer travel. About 220,000 passengers are expected to pass through DIA during the day, with a similar number expected Friday. They are projected to be the busiest days of a six-day holiday travel period, with 1.2 million travelers projected by DIA through Tuesday. Monday is the July 4 holiday. DIA says crowds are expected to match or exceed passenger volumes during the last Fourth of July weekend before the pandemic, in 2019, when the holiday fell on a Thursday. That’s in line with an earlier DIA forecast that summer travel will beat 2019’s record levels — notwithstanding a higher risk this year of cancellations by major airlines as they grapple with short staffing. Cancellations have been much rarer at DIA this week than at some other major national and international hub airports, though 23% of … [Read more...] about Denver International Airport prepares for big crowds over Fourth of July weekend