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Middleton presses ITD for more data, mitigation after Highway 44 PEL study
Summary
City staff and councilors said they lack the background data used in the Idaho Transportation Department’s PEL study for Highway 44 and directed staff to submit draft comments and convene a special meeting with ITD and Highway District 4 to seek clearer mitigation commitments.
Middleton’s City Council on Sept. 3 moved to send formal comments to the Idaho Transportation Department questioning the PEL study that lays out possible improvements on Highway 44 and to schedule a special meeting with ITD and Highway District 4 to press for more information.
Jason Van Gilder, the city’s public works director, told the council the city has only a draft of the PEL recommendations and has not received the background reports and data that produced the study’s response‑time and mitigation analyses. "Nobody's everybody's excited that somebody wants to spend…
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