Completed
Mollman Pass Trail Culvert
Lake County, CSKT, MDT and FIIP worked together to keep Mollman Pass Trail open and replace a failing canal culvert.
- Timeline
- 2023
- Program
- Roads
- Location
- Mollman Pass Trail, near Kicking Horse
Project overview
This Lake County structure is a large Double Structural Plate Pipe culvert carrying Mollman Pass Trail near Kicking Horse over a canal owned by FIIP. It was inspected by MDT because it is greater than 20 feet in length and falls under their Federal jurisdiction for inspection. Lake County had installed support bracing after a previous routine inspection, and was allowed to keep the road open. The most recent inspection noted that some of the bracing had been removed due to debris blockage and MDT instructed Lake County to close Mollman Pass Trail.
In response, Lake County quickly worked with CSKT, MDT, and FIIP and worked out a temporary and long term solution. MDT allowed Lake County to re-install the cross-bracing immediately and keep the roadway open, with the intention of replacing the structure by the end of July-August, 2023. FIIP agreed to the maintenance of removing debris.
