By Associated Press - Tuesday, March 15, 2016

LEWISTON, Idaho (AP) - Crews are working to remove a landslide cutting off the main route to Elk City.

The Lewiston Tribune reports (https://bit.ly/1QVvq64) State Highway 14 has been closed since about 100,000 cubic yards of debris slid across the road Feb. 18.

Idaho Transportation Department spokesman Vince Trimboli said he expects to have a better idea on Wednesday of when a lane would open.



Drivers used Newsome Forest Road to bypass the landslide and are expected to do the same Wednesday. Conditions on the dirt road will be evaluated on a day-to-day basis.

Department chief operations officer Jim Carpenter was set to meet with commissioners to discuss the landslide and complaints about the transportation agency’s response to it.

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Information from: Lewiston Tribune, https://www.lmtribune.com

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