No Huetter Bypass: Help keep Idaho beautiful by supporting the local and state efforts that shift bureaucrats' actions back to serving the community and the people they serve.

KMPO has spent more than 20 years trying to build support for the Huetter Road Corridor. We track the Rathdrum Prairie transportation study and put the community's comments on the record.

Communications

Communications · Nov 17, 2025
ITD Letter: Data Requests Must Go Through a Public Records Request
by Carrie Ann M. Hewitt, P.E.
ITD District 1's letter telling the No Huetter Bypass Group that the technical and analytical data it requested for the Rathdrum Prairie Area Transportation Study goes beyond what is typically shared in public engagement, and that this and future requests must go through ITD's Public Records Request process.
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Communications · Oct 10, 2025
ITD Letter: Response to the No Huetter Bypass Group’s Four “Asks”
by CarrieAnn M. Hewitt, PE
ITD District 1's letter answering the No Huetter Bypass Group's four "Ask" items on the Rathdrum Prairie PEL study: the Level 2 process, public review of how alternatives were derived, publication of the evaluation data, and the Level 2 magazine. ITD also responds on the SSTI framework, rail, federal standards and the group's role in the alternatives.
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Communications · Sep 30, 2025
Comments on Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study – Third Letter
by Brian Rogers
A third letter to the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) regarding Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study. The letter addresses the democratic deficit and predetermined outcomes from KMPO, excessive land acquisition, lack of grade separation details on US-95, commercial freight prioritization over local needs, and the neglect of immediate US-95 improvements.
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Communications · Sep 29, 2025
Email to ITD: Merging Threads and the Request for Raw Data
by Brian Rogers
The No Huetter Bypass Group merges its email threads with ITD District 1, copies state legislators, a Coeur d'Alene city council member and the U.S. Department of Transportation, and asks for the second time in a year for the raw data and decision-making criteria behind the Rathdrum Prairie PEL study.
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Communications · Sep 11, 2025
ITD Email: KN23349 Additional Information
by Carrie Ann M. Hewitt, P.E.
ITD District 1 tells the No Huetter Bypass Group that the promised data went to the Community Working Group, offers to meet after the public meeting, and says FHWA approved Part 1 of Concurrence Point #3 with no comments.
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Communications · Sep 10, 2025
Email to ITD: Second Round of Escalation Letter Signers
by Brian Rogers
The No Huetter Bypass Group sends ITD District 1 a second round of 13 signers for the escalation letter, bringing the total to 35.
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Communications · Sep 2, 2025
Email to ITD: Raw Data Request and Escalation Letter Signers
by Brian Rogers
The No Huetter Bypass Group replies to ITD District 1, asking for the raw Level 2 data in a usable format rather than simplified "smiley" faces, sharing the escalation letter sent to members, and listing the first 22 signers.
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Communications · Aug 31, 2025
Escalation of Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study and Concerns
by Brian Rogers
An escalation letter to the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) regarding the Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study. The letter details procedural and analytical failures, non-compliance with 23 U.S.C. 168 and FHWA guidelines, over-engineered roadway designs, omission of grade separation and multi-modal transit/rail solutions, and calls for four distinct families of alternatives grounded in Performance-Based Practical Design.
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Communications · Aug 29, 2025
ITD Email: Level 2 Data Matrices for the Community Working Group
by Carrie Ann M. Hewitt, P.E.
ITD District 1 tells the No Huetter Bypass Group that HDR is preparing the data matrices from the evaluation of the 13 Level 2 Alternatives, in a public-reader-friendly version and a full version, for the Community Working Group to review before the public meeting.
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Communications · Dec 13, 2024
Comments on Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study
by Brian Rogers
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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