Highway 95

[G M <herecomestheflood@yahoo.com>]

I am very aware of the shortcomings and danger of Highway 95 between
Lewiston and Moscow, having commuted the route every weekday for over
ten years.  I definitely see a need to evaluate that stretch of
highway's safety/engineering (current passing lanes, lack of signage
and turn lanes, keeping lines painted, SNOW REMOVAL and so forth) and
to do so soon. However I am certainly not convinced that the most
rational use of funds would be to turn the Genesee-Moscow part of the
road into a four-laner.

Much can be done to improve safety without such a drastic and costly
project.

For me the question is how can commuters such as myself provide some
input on making changes to improve a very hazardous highway?  Tom
Trail, any suggestions?

Greg Meyer




---"Casey R. Green" <caseyr@uidaho.edu> wrote:
>
> What does this help a bit?  how many times have you ever been stuck
> behind a chip truck or a farm implement on the road between genesee
and
> moscow?  is there a safe area to get around such vehicles?  what
> condition is the roadway in right now?  I know that there are some pot
> holes that will eat the suspension off most cars on that highway.   as
> for commercialization,  That is something that I cannot predict. 
but I
> know that with the short time I have lived here in moscow, I have seen
> this city change in many ways, but still keep its unique feeling and
> experience.   Why do we fear progress?  does the status quo really
feel
> that comfortable to us all?  I have lived in cities where there are
> millions of people and cities where there are but a hand full. 
Moscow's
> unique blend of people has the feeling that I like above all. 
Progress
> is as inevitable as time.
> 
> Casey R. Green
> 
> G M wrote:
> 
> > ---"Casey R. Green" <caseyr@uidaho.edu> wrote: (snip)
> > >
> > > I don't know if any of you remember that a bill was
> > > signed by the president in the not too recent past that allocated
> > funds for
> > > our state to do improvements on our intestates, but part of that
> > federal money
> > > was to make a 4 lane highway between Moscow and Genesee...  that
> > should help
> > > things a bit...
> >
> > What exactly would creating a 4-lane highway between Moscow and
> > Genesee "help a bit"?
> >
> > Greg Meyer
> >
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