Flathead County residents who own property along a county-maintained gravel road can participate in a cost-share program to have dust control on roads near their land. 

Letters have been sent to people who have participated in the program in past years to determine if they again want to participate. 

Newcomers also may sign up, county Public Works Director Dave Prunty said. 

People can download an application form from the county website, http://flathead.mt.gov/roads_bridges, under the “downloads” section, under the “forms” folder. 

Call the road department office at 758-5790 or stop by the office at 1249 Willow Glen Drive in Kalispell for more information. 

Applications are due at 4 p.m. March 21 in the road department.

This year marks the sixth year the county has offered the program, which applies magnesium chloride to some of the county’s dustiest roads.

People must sign up for a minimum stretch of a half-mile of road.

The county splits the cost of the dust-control application with the property owners. The magnesium chloride will be applied in June.