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Commission approves Idaho Power substation expansion after debate over detached multiuse sidewalk
Summary
Boise City Planning & Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit allowing Idaho Power to expand the Ustick/Maple Grove substation at 3155 N. Maple Grove Road, after the applicant and staff clashed over a staff-recommended 10-foot detached multiuse pathway and resulting utility/tree impacts.
The Boise City Planning and Zoning Commission on Jan. 2 approved CUP25-38, allowing Idaho Power to expand an existing substation at 3155 North Maple Grove Road.
Planning staff recommended the permit and asked the company to install a 10-foot detached sidewalk and a 10-foot landscape buffer along the Maple Grove frontage to create a multiuse pathway that would improve pedestrian separation and connectivity. In a presentation to the commission, staff said the expansion is supportable: the substation has served the area for decades and the upgrade would allow Idaho Power to meet current and future energy demands for the West Bench while retaining screening…
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