Bigfork is no closer to a solution for the closing of the downtown Bridge Street Bridge despite a meeting between Republican U.S. Rep. Ryan Zinke, Montana Department of Transportation officials, Flathead County representatives, and Bigfork residents and business owners Friday.
Flathead County did not receive federal funding for an environmental analysis to look at paving a portion of the North Fork Road, county Public Works Director Dave Prunty confirmed last week.
While the cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. continues, there’s an old dumping ground that won’t get cleaned up in the Superfund site process a town dump that once served residents in and around the city.