Approval of $20,000 per acre is being set aside for land acquisition, after an area family's $500,000 litigation dropped. Considerations for eminent domain to seize property remains a possibility.
Concerns pertaining to Little Missouri River, the bridge's impact on environment and property rights were the focal point of construction considerations in southwest North Dakota's Billings County
North Dakota Supreme Court dismisses Arthaud v. Fuglie defamation lawsuit related to assertions made in a public post on the internet regarding a controversial bridge project.
Considerations on reviving a controversial bridge project abandoned in 2021 involving the potential use of eminent domain, faces opposition from county residents and Sheriff.