KILLDEER, N.D. (AP) _ Another landslide has hampered a highway
reconstruction project in western North Dakota.
Last year, the state Transportation Department spent $4.3
million to twice repair landslide damage that shut down state
Highway 22 north of Killdeer. The highway was torn up this past
spring for a 7.5-mile, $18.3 million upgrade, but another landslide
in September has added about $500,000 to the cost.
Job superintendent Mike Schriner says that crews are tearing out about a mile of
new construction and moving the road east 60 feet from the area
that's sliding. He says his company will finish the job next year.