Planning staff told the Whitefish Planning Commission that an earlier draft map showing a bridge across the river at Greenwood Avenue was posted in error and that the project has been removed from the active major‑streets map and retained only as a corridor preservation.

The staff explanation came as commissioners reviewed two packet versions of the draft transportation element. "We inadvertently posted a previous version of this road classification map to the Engage Whitefish site," planning staff said, and noted that comments from Greenwood residents had been carried forward from the 2022 transportation plan. "It's carried forward as what's called a corridor preservation," planning staff added, saying the city still needs another east–west connection between Borman Road and Highway 93 but that Greenwood is only one of several alternatives.

Why it matters: residents and commissioners have long raised circulation problems in the Monaghan/Grama area, and a visible bridge on an adopted map can create expectations about future construction and traffic changes. Commissioners said environmental easements, right‑of‑way costs and neighborhood setbacks make a full bridge unlikely in the near term, while a pedestrian bridge or other lower‑impact connection remains conceivable.

Commissioners asked staff to collect traffic counts and to clarify which segments of Columbia Avenue meet collector‑road standards. Planning staff said the draft currently shows Columbia as a collector from Depot to 13th because of school‑related traffic, but acknowledged the portion between 2nd and 7th may warrant further review and possible removal from the collector designation.

Next steps: staff will revise the draft to reflect the corridor‑preservation status, run targeted traffic counts, and return with a revised transportation element at the Nov. 19 continuation. Consultants will present scenarios to the public in an open house before the commission resumes the transportation discussion.