The No Huetter Bypass Group's reply to the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) District 1 letter of September 4, 2026 on the Rathdrum Prairie PEL Study (Key Number 23349). It answers ITD's letter section by section, documents the record gaps that remain, and asks for a bounded public re-screen of lower-taking packages on existing corridors and publication of the screening data before any PEL product moves into NEPA.
The Idaho Transportation Department's (ITD) reply to the No Huetter Bypass Group's Rathdrum Prairie PEL Level 3 Response. ITD District 1 answers each section of the letter, points to the Level 3 public meeting materials for cost, right-of-way and traffic data, and directs requests for other records to ITD's public records process.
The Idaho Transportation Department's (ITD) reply to comments on the Draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program (ITIP) for fiscal years 2027-2033. ITD defends the I-90 widening and the Rathdrum Prairie Area Transportation Study (KN 23349), confirms that the I-90/US-95 Interchange reconstruction (KN 24395) has been moved to Unfunded, and answers each of the six requested actions.
A response to recent CDA Press coverage of North Idaho road projects, addressing state-level funding reductions of $1.3 billion, lower-impact operational alternatives, construction cost realities, and pavement damage from heavy equipment.
A formal public comment letter regarding the Draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program (ITIP). The letter urges an immediate course correction on over $1.3 billion in unfunded and deferred highway projects, demanding the defunding of unneeded capacity expansions (I-90 widening, Key Number 23349 Rathdrum Prairie PEL Study, and Key Number 24395 I-90/US-95 Interchange reconstruction) in favor of proven operational, access-management, and safety countermeasures within existing rights-of-way.
A comprehensive summary of five years of analysis regarding the Rathdrum Prairie Planning and Environmental Linkages (PEL) Study. The report details the procedural departure from holistic planning, empirical traffic constraints on US-95, institutional track record failures on SH-41, lack of transparency and cost inflation for Alternative H, and Fifth Amendment takings concerns.
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.
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.
The Coeur-Terre project continues to show the people of Kootenai county how little their input is worth. Hand-in-hand with Coeur d'Alene Planning and Zoning Commission, they are removing the community's ability to provide public input.
The Coeur-Terre project makes its first request to increase the original density. The request change from R-17 to C-17 on 14.095 acres within the northwest area on Lot 1, Block 1 of Full Circle Tracts among other changes.
