Over the past several months, the Three Forks Voice has published several stories about the Montana Department of Transportation’s Headwaters Rest Area. Broadwater County residents who live in the vicinity have banded together in strong opposition to the project and voiced numerous concerns about safety and growth in the area.

A petition in opposition to the MDT project has over 1,000 signatures and this shows just how much concern there is about the facility and growth in the area.

Homeowners in the area near U.S. 287 are not only rightfully concerned about their safety, but they are a...