New traffic lights operational Tuesday

THREE MILE — Area drivers stay attentive at Three Mile Junction as new traffic lights at the intersection of Hwy 95 and Tobe Way will be operational on Tuesday, March 26. 

This intersection is at Log Inn and the new Kootenai Tribe of Idaho’s Sturgeon Station Plaza. 

In August 2022, the tribe conducted a traffic study and the Idaho Transportation Department found that a traffic signal was warranted at the intersection. 

In April 2023, Boundary County Road and Bridge Co-Superintendent Rene Nelson said a light at Tobe Way was preferable to a light at Sunrise Road, which would result in trucks stopping as they went uphill.