Highway 7 petition posted at area businesses until March 15

A petition penned to the department of transportation, Governor Gianforte and the legislature regarding immediate necessary repair of Highway 7 in Carter County is currently posted at various local businesses and the Carter County Clerk and Recorder’s Office for signatures. The deadline for residents to sign the petition is March 15.

The petition requests that the aforementioned parties immediately engage in remedial repair and improvement of Highway 7.

The highway is the primary route in emergency situations and for ambulance transport. The petition reads, in part, that Highway 7 is “an extreme ongoing threat to the safety of ambulance personnel, fire personnel, law enforcement and patients.”

Many other reasons for the necessary repair of Highway 7 are also provided.