Is it time to pave the entire Mountain Loop Highway?
DARRINGTON — Research aimed at improving the Mountain Loop Highway is ready for public comment.
One of the topics is the long-running conversation about whether the remote highway should be paved.
There are two public meetings this week to discuss the Mountain Loop Highway Feasibility Study, on Wednesday in Granite Falls and on Thursday in Darrington.
The Federal Highway Administration is in charge of the research, and has focused on 40 miles of the mountain road. The results are supposed to determine if there needs to be any fixes and what they might look like.
The evaluation began in February 2018. This is the second set of public meetings. The first were held in the summer, and nearly 50 people joined. A third and final meeting is expected before the study is considered complete.
A main focus has been the gravel portion of the highway. It stretches 14 miles between Barlow Pass and White Chuck River.
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It'll be interesting to see. That road has had a tendancy to wash out in the winter,
