Old construction equipment leaks oil into Lake Coeur d'Alene, again
Credit: ITDCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — In 1990, during the construction of I-90, a piece from a machine accidentally fell into Lake Coeur d'Alene. In 20...
Credit: ITDCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — In 1990, during the construction of I-90, a piece from a machine accidentally fell into Lake Coeur d'Alene. In 2000, it began leaking oil into the lake. Now, it's happening again. The Idaho Transportation Department has placed booms, or inflatables, in the lake to contain the leak. Some in Coeur d'Alene still remember when the accident occurred in 1990, near Higgins Point. 'The way I remember it, there was a lot of rain and the ground washed out and there were these huge, I think there were two or three that washed into the lake,' said Joe Anchondo, a Coeur d'Alene resident.