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<DIV>It is my understanding that if someone in the IDT had done their job
instead of "forgetting" about an environmental impact statement we would be
seeing dirt being moved south of town.</DIV>
<DIV>How come we never hear who the guilty person was who forgot to do his
job and who has probably been promoted to his level of incompetence? I
thought that route had already been decided.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>North of town, near the county line, they are really moving the dirt
and I hope that is the contractor that does the job between here and Lewiston. I
hope they never give another contract to the contractor who took 2 years to
do the 1/4 mile south in the city of Moscow.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I thought I understood that the Moscow City council has already made the
decision to not have a bypass around Moscow because too many business would lose
business. Supposedly a traffic count was taken and there isn't enough traffic to
have a bypass so we will continue to have logging and chip trucks tearing up the
streets of Moscow. Sounds like a fake deal to me. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>There should be a bypass included in any studies that are done at this
time. Do they think that traffic is going to decrease in the future? Who is
making the decisions...............another bureaucrat who has been promoted to
his/her level of incompetence?</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Dick Schmidt</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=london@moscow.com href="mailto:london@moscow.com">Bill London</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=thorncreekroadtomoscow@itd.idaho.gov
href="mailto:thorncreekroadtomoscow@itd.idaho.gov">thorncreekroadtomoscow@itd.idaho.gov</A>
; <A title=rbci@cableone.net
href="mailto:rbci@cableone.net">rbci@cableone.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@whale2.fsr.net
href="mailto:vision2020@whale2.fsr.net">vision2020@whale2.fsr.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 26, 2004 3:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] Highway 95 route
study</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken Helm, Project Manager:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here we go again.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The Idaho Dept. of Transportation is planning to
study the route of a segment of Highway 95 -- again -- without a serious look
at the larger, cumulative impacts of their decision. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From what I could find on your website, your
study focuses entirely on the 7 mile segment of Highway 95 in question.
You do not include the larger impact. You do not widen the study to
include the vital discussion of the future of transportation in the Moscow
area, including the issues of whether we will need or want ring roads or a
Highway 95 bypass.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The present discussion of the route of Highway 95
and the question of any future bypass (moving Highway 95 around Moscow) are
directly linked. Logically, we can not discuss this routing issue
without first discussing the bypass issue. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You have the opportunity to facilitate the larger
discussion of transportation in Moscow (highway route, bypass, and ring road
system) that will enable sound decision-making. Without that
perspective, this EIS process is incomplete.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bill London</FONT></DIV>
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