BOCC denies appeal for road validation
District Judge Susie Jensen decided not to overturn a recent decision by the BOCC concerning the validation of the West Fork Pine Creek Road. The section of road pictured here is Langlois Road, an alternative access route to the Roller Coaster, but the road has special easements on it that allow it to be closed without notice, and during a special seasonal closure.
Photo by JOSH McDONALD
WALLACE — On Thursday morning, the Shoshone Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) decided not to overturn a recent decision by the board concerning the validation of the West Fork Pine Creek Road.
The recent decision came after a public hearing in early September of a decision made by the BOCC earlier this year where they denied a petition filed by Kootenai County resident Paul Loutzenhiser, an off-road vehicle enthusiast and member of the North Idaho Trailblazers (NITB), for the purposes of validating a section of road that intersects through multiple different property owners before heading into lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM)...
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