RATHDRUM, Idaho — The future of the Rathdrum Prairie and how it will be traversed is the impetus for the Idaho Transportation Department to evaluate the region for viable mobility options and find solutions to the area's transportation needs.
"We're collecting data," ITD project manager CarrieAnn Hewitt said Monday morning. "We're trying to develop a consensus on the main issues."
ITD staff members are early in their research, using a Planning and Environmental Linkages study. This collaborative and integrated approach to transportation decision-making considers environmental, community and economic goals early in the planning process and uses information, analysis and products developed during planning to inform the environmental review process.
“It gives us a little bit of a jumpstart on some of the more in-depth processes that have to be done to identify an actual solution or an alternative and then advancing those into the construction phase," ITD public information officer Heather McDaniel said.
ITD will host an open house to share information about the Planning and Environmental Linkages study and timeline from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 1 at Red Lion Hotel Templin's on the River, 414 E. First Ave., Post Falls. The online open comment period for public input will be available from Nov. 2-16.
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