This time around, the Post Falls City Council unanimously passed the 2025 Transportation Master Plan.

Last month, council members hit pause on a vote after new City Councilor Jack Mosby asked for more time to review the 700-plus paged guide for the next 20 years of transportation.

Mosby reported back at a recent council meeting, stating that he liked aspects of the plan but had questions.

"Why do we have no even long-term thoughts about connectivity to the south side of the river? Forgive me, I’m new on the council, but I’m just wondering why we’re not looking at that at all,” Mosby asked. 

City Counciler Nathan Ziegler said the cost of such an undertaking would be “extremely expensive.” 

“I haven’t really seen a lot of interest from the residents there either about being annexed into the city,” Zielger said. “As far as location, I think Spokane Street would be obviously the most apparent, but also the most expensive.” 

Council Chairman Joe Malloy pointed out there’s a more economic factor for why Post Falls development turned out the way it did.   

"There’s not a lot to connect to at this point and a big reason for that is because the geology on that side of the river is totally different, it’s all rock. So, it’s way more cost-effective to build on the north side of the river where there’s soft dirt and everything else and it’s pretty flat,” Malloy said.  

Mayor Randy Westlund said even if there was interest, the cost would outweigh the net positive for building out that area. 

“It occurs to me that providing sewer to the south side of the river would be very expensive for a very small number of houses,” Westlund noted. 

Mosby also praised the multimodal pathways when it comes to including cyclist areas in the Transportation Master Plan and said he believes in a “stay in your lane methodology.”  

"I liked some of the things I was reading about the bicycle pathways,” Mosby said. “I like the idea of more people are doing it, fewer people are on the road, it decreases congestion.” 

Major corridors highlighted in the plan include Pleasant View Road, Maguire, Chase, Spokane, Idaho and Greensferry. 

Post Falls resident Marianne Grubb said she felt construction was continuous without measurable progress for those using the roads and asked for shorter construction periods.    

“I would like the endless road projects finally finished,” Grubb said. 

Resident Scott Winslow Davidson said having construction in different areas at the same time caused problems for easy transportation flow. 

“One project at a time,” was Davidson's request for city officials.