Coconino County Public Works is working with the Sheriff’s Office and deploying signage and other traffic control in Bellemont to help mitigate an issue at the Pilot Travel Center that backed up traffic for 2-hours Thursday. The traffic snarl was caused by the Pilot Travel Center’s inability to reverse direction of their fuel pumps in accordance with its commitment to the County. The flip of the fuel pumps to the opposite side is necessary to accommodate Bellemont’s new roundabout, which is nearing completion. Pilot had repeatedly committed to the County that the reversal of the fuel dispensers would be a relatively simple process, taking only between 24-and-48-hours, but that hasn’t happened. The County will continue to hold Pilot fully accountable, both financially and logistically, for doing whatever is necessary to prevent traffic issues from happening again.
