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.
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.
A letter to Glenn Miles, Executive Director Director of the KMPO requesting several items which cannot be found on the KMPO.net website but greatly impact the community.
A letter to Glenn Miles, Executive Director Director of the KMPO requesting several items which cannot be found on the KMPO.net website but greatly impact the community.
A letter to David Callahan, Director of Kootenai County Community Development from Ronald McGhie regarding Huetter Bypass Land Use Development Code (LUDC) Overlay.
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.