City planning staff and consultant KLJ presented an update to Dickinson’s transportation master plan and comprehensive plan on Oct. 7, summarizing growth forecasts, system needs and a staged project list.

City Planner Natalie Bercek said the city began the update in late 2023 and that it replaces material from the 2013 plan. Wade, a KLJ representative, told commissioners the update emphasizes maintenance and preservation while forecasting continued—though more modest—growth through 2050. He said the team sought to “make use of some of the acres that that have infrastructure first” and highlighted a multi‑phase community engagement process that included stakeholder meetings and public surveys.

Wade summarized key technical conclusions: a 2050 traffic model that shows generally acceptable current operations with some future congestion on north–south and business loop corridors; a housing analysis that flags a modest potential shortfall in middle- and lower-income rental and owner-occupied housing; and a project list of 66 projects (13 already committed, 14 short-range, 20 medium-range and 19 long-range) with preliminary cost estimates.

Bercek said city staff recommend acceptance of the document; the commission opened a public hearing and no members of the public spoke. The hearing was closed with no public testimony recorded. The transcript does not record a formal commission vote to adopt or accept the plan at the meeting; staff indicated the commission was being asked to review and consider the document for formal action.