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Keri Neal was sick of sitting in her friend’s car at the north side of Salmon Lake, so she decided to dance.

Neal and her friend Jack visited Seeley Lake from Missoula for the day to sunbathe and swim. Although the two come to Seeley each year, the reconstruction of Highway 83 on Salmon Lake Road came as a shock — and a future deterrent.

“I think I’ll wait to come back up when all this is done,” Neal said. “I don’t want to have to deal with this again.”

Residents and visitors alike have waited in lines around the Southwest Crown of the Continent as major construction proje...