Corridor

["bill london" <bill_london@hotmail.com>]

Today, travel between Moscow and Pullman is like a leisurely drive in the 
country, a pleasant and quick trip between two distinct towns.

That may change very soon, however.  The Whitman County Planning Commission 
wants to remake the corridor trip into a regular big-city commute by filling 
the open spaces with retail, wholesale, and industrial buildings.

Soon, I'm afraid, this leisurely drive will have all the charm of a 
California strip mall, complete with stop-and-go traffic, stoplights, ugly 
sprawl, fast food joints, anxiety and road rage.

As businesses pull out of both Moscow and Pullman seeking the greener 
pastures of the Corridor, both towns will be left with empty buildings and 
lower tax revenues.

A few landowners, developers and builders will have made some short-term 
bucks, but our quality of life will have taken another major hit.

If you are equally concerned, please attend the public meeting of the 
Whitman County Planning Commission that will discuss this proposed 
plan--Wednesday, May 19, at the Whitman County Public Service Building 
auditorium in Colfax at 8pm.  In addition, the cities of Moscow and Pullman 
as well as the universities and counties are expected to meet to discuss 
this regional problem, so you can express your concerns to your mayor or 
council member and push for a real public input process involving the 
governments and citizens from the Palouse region.

Bill London
Moscow


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