Re: Contrast in the Corridor

["JS M" <jbiggs50@hotmail.com>]

Quality of life issues will be raised first by the Washington State 
Department of Transportation's plans to expand Highway 270.  The expansion 
will add 2 more lanes and expand right-of-ways far beyond the current road 
way.  Look for these plans to be released for public comment this winter.  
It's important that you comment if you are concerned about the future 
configuration of the corridor.

Also, look for these two new developments this fall:
1.  An application to build a storage facility (like U-Haul) has been 
forwarded to Whitman County Planning.  The corridor ordinance applies, so 
the applicant will have to provide traffic studies, stormwater runoff plans, 
a landscape plan, etc., and go before a Site Plan Review Committee.
2.  Poe Asphalt wants to move the asphalt batch plant up (down?) the road to 
the larger quarry.  Poe has an agreement with Washington Natural Resources 
to reclaim his existing quarry where the current asphalt plant is.  Don't 
know what the agreement contains.
JM

>From: "John Cronin" <jaycron@turbonet.com>
>On Friday night, I took my bike out on the Chipman Trail . About two miles
>from Moscow,  I saw a coyote silhouetted up on a hillside howling with the
>half moon rising above him.  I stopped my bike and took a few moments to
>take in this wonderful scene. We've all had magical experiences like
>that...its one of the reasons we all want to live here....truly a quality
>of life experiences that we all value and want to maintain.
>
>Last night, my ride up the corridor was very different. There was bumper to
>bumper traffic jammed up five miles from Moscow! The Vandal-WSU game had
>ended in Pullman and the corridor looked like rush hour in any major urban
>area as Moscow residents were making their way home. No coyotes but lots of
>happy Vandal fans. Kudos to the team on their big win by the way!!
>
>I realize this amount of traffic is unusual but who can say what it will
>look like years after development of motor businesses and the
>highway itself. The contrast between Friday and Saturdays experience was
>pretty stark. It made me think how very important  it is that we include an
>awareness of what quality of live indicators we will be giving away as we
>attempt to meet a diverse set of community needs in the corridor.
>
>
>John
>
>

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