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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.

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  1. Communications ·

    Escalation of Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study and Concerns

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    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.

    Continue reading: Escalation of Level 2 Alternatives for the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study and Concerns

  2. Communications ·

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

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    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.

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

  7. Communications ·

    Letter to KMPO

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    The Huetter Road Corridor project for Kootenai county is outdated and unneeded in its current form.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.

    Continue reading: Letter to KMPO

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