Friday, July 20, 2012

Williston #1 in Sales Tax Receipts; Williams County One Billion Dollars in One Quarter in Taxable Sales

The Williston Herald is reporting that Williston is again #1 in sales tax receipts in North Dakota. Data points:
  • Williston, year-over-year, 1st quarter: 76% increase; almost $800 million  2Q12
  • Williams County: just over the $1-billion milestone; that's in one quarter
  • Fargo: a 14% increase, yoy; about $550 million
  • Bismarck: slightly less than $400 million
But get this: the "number" for the city of Williston applies ONLY to goods delivered to sites within the city of Williston and just a small portion is actually delivered to addresses within the city limits. Wow. 

From the front page of the paper, it appears Love's Truck Stop is up and running north of Williston, next to Target Logistics, at the intersection of US Highway 85 north and County Road 6. I believe this intersection will be the northernmost cross-road for the Truck Reliever Route which will circumscribe the west, north, and east rural areas of Williston.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 20, 2012 at 5:09 PM

    Bruce, No it is not "up and running" yet. Still under construction. They are just re-doing the temporary fix for the intersection. That intersection is TERRIBLE, and only going to get worse as more mancamps, industrial warehouses and Love's get completed. I believe they are going to be putting in traffic lights as a temporary fix until they turn that instersection into an "interchange" of sorts. Another "interchange" will go in at the 4 mile west of Williston, but these will not get built until they start work on the new Permanent bypass that is still being designed.

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  2. Bruce OksolJuly 20, 2012 at 5:26 PM

    Thank you for the update. The way they talked about "Love's Truck Stop" it sounded like it was in operation. Smile. But you are correct. The interchange there should be manageable compared to the one four miles west of Williston.

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