Safety Spotlight:

The Cavendish Highway is one of three roads of great importance to the county as it provides a major collector to the Cavendish/Sunnyside areas, a route that links Clearwater County to the cities of Kendrick and Moscow , and has provided an alternative route for State Highway 12.

There are several locations where the slope of the fill is several hundred feet and at a slope of 1:1 or greater. Although Clearwater County Road & Bridge has been able to upgrade a small section of the guardrail , it was unable to finish the necessary repairs due to lack of funding.  Since 2005 there have been 35 recorded crashes on this Highway, and 27 of that 35 are lane departures.  Within those 27 lane departures there has been 1 Fatality, 2 Serious (A) Injuries, 7 Evident (B) Injuries, 8 Possible (C) Injuries, as well as 9 Property Damages.

This Safety Improvement Project includes installing and upgrading guardrails on a 5 mile section of Cavendish Highway. The safety objectives of this project is to reduce the amount of injuries and fatalities on this road.

The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council has recently started the design process on this project and construction is scheduled to begin as early as Fiscal Year 2015.