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Private Road Signs
As we continue the process for E911
addressing in Boundary County, signage is an essential element
for the addressing system to work. The county roads now have
names and at the present time Boundary County Road and Bridge
personnel are installing the signs.
Those of you on private roads which have
approved names may now contact Gary Falcon to order the sign.
The signs will be a blue background with white lettering. The
total cost to you will include the sign, the bracket and the
post. Once the sign is ordered and received, the Road and Bridge
Department will install the sign at no charge to the public as
their schedule allows.
A
printable sign application is available by
clicking here, or you may
get a copy at Gary Falcon’s office, located on the backside of
the Extension building. The sign on the door says “GIS Mapper."
He is in the office Monday through Thursday. For additional
information, call
267-5395.
For those of you with a hand-held GPS unit, input the following:
latitude 48°41’43.66”:
longitude 116° 18’ 50.88”) and navigate to the building. |
Work is currently underway to identify all the
roads in Boundary County, public and private, that need to have names
attached to them.
The
Boundary County Uniform
Address and Street Naming Ordinance ordinance (for the full text, click
here) was adopted June 21, 2004.
Under that ordinance, a five-member Boundary County Street Naming
Committee will be formed, with members serving four-year terms with the
task of determining the process to be used and then putting names to all
of Boundary County's roads. Additional information may be obtained by
emailing GIS technician Gary Falcon at gfalcon@boundarycountyid.org.
Falcon, who spearheaded the effort on developing the
ordinance that is paving the way for a permanent addressing
system that will meet the needs of the U.S. Postal Service and advancing
911 technology, working to identify and plot all roads that serve three or
more residences or other addressable structures so they can be included on accurate maps that will be
made available to emergency services personnel. On August 18, County
Commissioners adopted Resolution 2005-29, renaming established County
Roads. To see those names, click here.
Falcon is
still working to identify all private roads, and he needs the assistance of county residents to find
them all, and to obtain permission to be on those private roads so he
can develop the mapping coordinates. To read a list of all road and
street names currently in use in Boundary County, click
here.
County residents living on private roads that
access three or more residences are encouraged to call Falcon at
267-5395. Information can also be mailed to Gary Falcon, P.O. Box 419,
Bonners Ferry, ID 83805. Falcon is in his county office on Monday
through Thursday.
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