Comments on Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study

A letter to Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) regarding the Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study conducted by HDR Inc. consulting. The study appears to dismiss much of what the people had provided during the input sessions. Further, there is a consistent alignment with local government which have done nothing be present legacy concepts. The process appears to have failed the people of Kootenai County on several fronts.
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Letter to KMPO

The Huetter Road Corridor project for Kootenai county is outdated and unneeded in its current form. It lacks a growth strategy for Northern Idaho that stays in line with a principal tenant of the citizens that live in Kootenai county; to preserve, to the greatest extent possible, the beauty of the area while enabling the growth of the community. Therefore, members of the community are demanding that the Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization (KMPO) immediately terminate the project and look to more forward-thinking solutions.
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