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Canon's Addition resident urges neighborhood inclusion, bus service as freeway ramp looms
Summary
A Canon's Addition resident used the Oct. 25 joint meeting of the City's Planning Commission and Climate Resilience Board to ask planners to include the neighborhood in corridor planning and to address an absence of bus service where a proposed freeway off‑ramp would run through the community.
Chris Hansen, a resident of Canon's Addition, addressed the joint meeting of the Planning Commission and the Climate Resilience and Sustainability Board on Oct. 25 during the public comment period to urge that neighborhood residents be involved in plans for transportation changes in the Latah Valley corridor.
"There is a massive amount of transportation, like buses and bump outs for walking and bicycle lanes from Mabel to the East over to the hospital," Hansen said. He added that Canon's Addition currently has no bus service and stressed concern that a proposed on‑ and off‑ramp from I‑90 onto Inland Empire Way would "run directly through the neighborhood." Hansen noted socioeconomic conditions in the area, saying, "We're in ZIP code 99204. So 99204 in 2019 was the poorest ZIP code in the state." He asked planners to work with the neighborhood so development of the corridor would not be treated as a footnote and so residents could help shape outcomes that affect local access and equity.
City staff and consultants took public input and proceeded with the scheduled presentation. The meeting did not include any formal action on the proposed ramp or transportation projects; staff noted that the draft environmental impact statement and outreach in January will provide additional opportunities for public input.
