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Developer seeks crossing of Centennial Trail; commissioners debate safety, maintenance and annexation
Summary
Rose of Sharon Enterprises requested permission for a gated vehicle crossing of the Centennial Trail in Post Falls to serve a city‑approved subdivision. Commissioners raised safety concerns, questioned who will maintain the trail, and suggested annexation or an emergency‑only locked gate with aux‑box access for fire/EMS.
Scott Poorman, representing Rose of Sharon Enterprises Inc., asked the Kootenai County Board of Commissioners for permission to create a vehicle crossing across the Centennial Trail in Post Falls as part of a city‑approved subdivision. The two narrow parcels at issue lie between the Centennial Trail and Interstate 90 and have been annexed into the City of Post Falls with R‑1 zoning allowing up to five units per acre, Poorman said.
Poorman said the crossing would carry a gated secondary road from Lundy Boulevard across the trail into the subdivision; the gate would be closed but not locked for general access, and the crossing…
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