BYPASS: Burning questions

The Coeur d’Alene Press brings attention to the Huetter Bypass and the opportunity to give “comments” by June 25, but why not ask some questions in the article?

Questions might include: Why has it been “on the books” since 2009 yet absolutely nothing constructed?

How is it being funded? What is the budget? When was the budget updated (does it reflect current land prices?)? Is every new building permit adding to a “fund bank” for it?

When is it going to be started? When will it be finished? Can we believe the finish date once provided or will it be like Highway 41, happening years after being told it would be done?

Why isn’t it done by now so the reconstruction of the Highway 41/I-90 interchange would have an alternative route during the work there (starting 2022?)? Why is the 2.4% annual growth rate being used when, as the article mentions, growth is at least 3.25% annually?

Is the developer of the large project slated for the north side of I-90 at Huetter building the “south end” of the bypass as part of their massive project (5,000 homes on 1,050 gross acres) and if so, what credits ($$) are being given to the developer?

Where will the interchanges/signals be? Will Poleline be punched through soon (to meet Hanley) with this bypass design built-in to avoid re-doing it later?

HOWARD BURNS

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