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Planning board discussion urges priority on Big Mountain secondary egress after public safety warning
Summary
The Whitefish Planning Board reviewed the hazards draft element and, after public comment, directed staff to clarify evacuation-route language and prioritize obtaining a secondary egress for Big Mountain.
The Whitefish Planning Board continued line-by-line edits to the hazards draft element during a work session, after a public commenter urged the board to remove Haskell Basin as a listed evacuation route and to prioritize obtaining a second egress for Big Mountain.
Richard, a public commenter, told the board that listing Haskell Basin as a potential evacuation route is dangerously misleading. “To send anyone or anyone to think they can escape a wildfire, down the Haskell Road is to, I don't think I'm being too strong. It...it's a death trap,” he said, arguing the…
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