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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.
Communications ·
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.
Continue reading: Email to ITD: Second Round of Escalation Letter Signers
Review ·
by Brian Rogers
The group's infographic says the Rathdrum Prairie PEL study narrowed its focus too early. It leans on road widening and new highways, proposes no grade separation or multi-modal options, and guarantees property condemnation. It sets out the four-step federal PEL framework and three phases for a revised study.
Communications ·
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.
Continue reading: Email to ITD: Raw Data Request and Escalation Letter Signers
Communications ·
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.
Communications ·
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.
Continue reading: ITD Email: Level 2 Data Matrices for the Community Working Group
News ·
by Brian Rogers
On April 15, 2025 the Coeur d'Alene City Council rejected Coeur Terre's request to rezone 14.095 acres from R-17 to C-17, and its request to let the underlying zoning govern all land use types. Only a small part of Amendment No. 1 was approved: a later wastewater timeline and a relocated well site.
Continue reading: City Council Denies the Coeur Terre C-17 Rezone
Communications ·
by Brian Rogers
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.
Continue reading: Response to Coeur Terre Rezone for CDA Planning
News ·
by Brian Rogers
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.
Continue reading: First Zoning Request Already In Process for Coeur-Terre
