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Engineering flags connectivity, emergency-access concerns after Caldwell Place Apartments approval
Summary
Engineering staff used the Caldwell Place Apartments project to illustrate how missing street connections and private-drive decisions can increase arterial traffic and complicate emergency access; staff asked commissioners to consider connectivity in future reviews and training.
Engineering staff briefed the Gallatin City Planning Commission on street connectivity and used the recently approved Caldwell Place Apartments development as an example of how planned connections can fail to materialize.
The engineer described the Caldwell Place Apartments site as located between Cages Bend and Douglas Bend, south of Foxon Boulevard. Staff said the approved plan anticipated full roadway connections to a Foxon Boulevard extension, Percival Drive, Don Drive and Lisa Lane. The plan was approved with full connections to Foxon Boulevard and a Percival Drive connection; Don Drive was approved only as an emergency-access (gated/crash-gate)…
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