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Residents tell Coeur d'Alene council planning process sidelines neighborhoods, urge review of Courterra traffic impacts
Summary
Multiple residents from Indian Meadows and adjacent neighborhoods criticized a Dec. 9 Planning & Zoning hearing and asked the council to reconsider using Industrial Loop as the primary connector and to revisit the PUD process, citing traffic, safety and lack of timely updates to council.
Several residents urged the Coeur d'Alene City Council on Dec. 16 to press pause on parts of the Courterra (Corte/Cortera) planned unit development after what they described as a contentious Planning & Zoning hearing on Dec. 9.
During the public-comment period, Mike Sims said he represents 154 residents owning 77 homes along Atlas Road between Prairie Road and Hanley and asked the council to lower the speed limit on that segment from 35 to 25 mph. Sims cited Streets and Engineering counts of about 9,000 vehicles a day and an 85th-percentile speed near 42 mph and said lower speeds would reduce emissions and noise for roughly 200 residents backing onto Atlas Road.
Multiple speakers from Indian Meadows and surrounding neighborhoods — including…
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