Congress aims at unwanted roads
MISSOULA - Congress is considering a $65 million program to decommission roads the U.S. Forest Service doesnt want or didnt authorize.
The agency currently faces a $10 billion backlog of road maintenance needs and has struggled for years to find the money to keep up its 400,000 miles of road that crisscross national forests.
The “Legacy Roads and Trails Remediation Initiative” being considered by the House of Representatives would set aside funds for road decommissioning, road and trail repair and maintenance and the removal of fish barriers.
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