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News ·
by Brian Rogers
The Coeur d'Alene City Council approved the Coeur Terre 2 subdivision 5-1 on August 31, 2026, after a special hearing of more than five hours on a neighbor's appeal. Traffic was the main concern raised against it, and the approval carries 32 conditions.
Review ·
by Brian Rogers
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.
Continue reading: Press Road Coverage: A More Balanced View is Needed
Communications ·
by Brian Rogers
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.
Communications ·
by Brian Rogers
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.
Communications ·
by Brian Rogers
The No Huetter Bypass Group merges its email threads with ITD District 1 again, shares ITD's November 17, 2025 letter requiring public records requests for study data, and answers ITD's October 10, 2025 letter point by point, copying ITD, KMPO, state legislators and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Continue reading: Email to ITD: Data Not Shared with the Community
Communications ·
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.
Continue reading: ITD Letter: Data Requests Must Go Through a Public Records Request
Communications ·
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.
Continue reading: ITD Letter: Response to the No Huetter Bypass Group's Four "Asks"
Communications ·
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.
Communications ·
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.
Continue reading: Email to ITD: Merging Threads and the Request for Raw Data
Communications ·
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.
