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"There is still a lot of activity, with the road moving more every day, and we can't be sure yet how far it will go or when it will stabilize enough to begin work," said Boundary County Road and Bridge Supervisor Renee Nelson. "We are asking that everyone stay off the barricaded section for your own safety. There is still a lot of water."
According to Nelson, federal funding is in the pipeline, and engineers have been studying and monitoring the erosion of the roadbed, but until things dry out, there is little that can safely be done.
"We know it's a long way around and it's an inconvenience, but at this point, all we can really do is wait for conditions to improve," Nelson said.
Road and Bridge crews have been working to keep Lookout View Road open, and the roadway has been drying out, but road conditions throughout the county remain volatile, with crews constantly being called upon to handle minor slides and sloughing around the county.
There has also been no change in plans as far as reopening both lanes of Highway 95 at the slide site at Mountain Meadows Road near mile 498, as that slope is also still moving, and oozing down into the roadway, where all Idaho Transportation Department workers can do is keep scooping it away and hope the hillside starts drying out.
Traffic remains at one lane only, with flaggers on hand around the clock to alternate traffic through the area.
Other county road issues remain static as well; Paradise Valley Loop is still down to one lane just north of Alfalfa Lane, Kootenai Trail Road remains closed in the bottom between Pinnacle Circle and Cow Creek Road, Oxford Road remains closed at the corner south of Usher Lane, Fleming Creek Road remains closed on the hill, and Turner Hill Road remains closed where it crosses Rock Creek.