Bonner County residents have been waiting patiently – for the most part – for Dufort Road to reopen and their patience is finally about to pay off.
A culvert replacement project, which shut down a section of the road in the 5700 block, is nearly finished and a representative from the county’s Road and Bridge department said the road should reopen late next week if everything goes well.
An update on repairs to a section of Dufort Road, livestreams and an RV campground grant are slated to be discussed at Tuesday's county commission meeting.
A culvert on Dufort Road failed over the weekend, shutting the roadway down for at least the next month and prompting a state of emergency declaration.
A pipe under the road in the 5700 block of Dufort Road collapsed Sunday morning, roughly where the Cocolalla Slough goes out into the river, Bonner County Road and Bridge Director Jason Topp said.