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  1. Communications ·

    Letter to Idaho State Legislators: Urgent Oversight Request on the Rathdrum Prairie PEL Study

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    The No Huetter Bypass Group's letter to the nine Idaho state legislators for Kootenai County (Districts 3, 4 and 5) on deficient road planning, budgeting and community engagement by ITD District 1 and KMPO on the Rathdrum Prairie PEL study, asking them to tell ITD and KMPO to keep the alternatives on US-95 and existing corridors, not to recommend Alternative H for NEPA, and to stop taking land for "future use."

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    Draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program (ITIP) – ITD Spending Reduction Letter

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    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.

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  6. Communications ·

    Rathdrum Prairie PEL Level 3 Response

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    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.

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    ITD Letter: Data Requests Must Go Through a Public Records Request

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    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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    ITD Letter: Response to the No Huetter Bypass Group’s Four “Asks”

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    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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  10. Communications ·

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

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    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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