From the Wednesday, January 2, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .

Flathead County residents are demanding more paved roads, but county officials say the money isn’t available to put down more asphalt.

At a Dec. 18 public meeting concerning county road issues, rural special improvement districts were touted as an option to raise money for neighborhood paving.

Property owners may ask the commissioners to create an improvement district, which establishes an area outside the limits of incorporated towns and cities for the purpose of building, constructing or acquiring certain improvements authorized by Montana law for the benefit of the district. The property owners within the district then pay for the improvement