Havre South Slope Flatting

The Corner on State Route 234, 4 miles south of Havre, Montana has a dubious distinction. It is one of the deadliest corners in all of Hill County. For years, many people lost their lives in the .9 mile long section. The Montana Department of Transportation identified it as a safety improvement project and in 2016 put it out to bid. This was Lakeside Excavation’s first time being a prime bidder on an MDT project. The project was straight forward, adding soil to make the slopes on the East and West sides not so steep. It required culverts being added as well as a new guard rail section and all other incidentals that come with highway work. The challenge with this project was the weather. By far one of the wettest springs and that made slope work very difficult to do. With the clay soil on site this made working through the weather almost impossible. This would be our first job with GPS in house and an automated dozing setup. It was very easy to see this setup is the most efficient and would be how we would perform dirt work from there on out.