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Residents press county to nail down protections as Blackfoot Crossing plan advances
Summary
Dozens of residents at a Bonner Milltown Community Council meeting urged Missoula County commissioners to require binding protections before allowing rezoning that could enable a travel plaza and up to 400 housing units; commissioners will consider the matter March 5.
At a Bonner Milltown Community Council meeting, residents and council members pressed for enforceable limits on a proposed development known as Blackfoot Crossing, saying the project could worsen traffic, strain water and septic systems, and change neighborhood character.
"I've not met one person in that neighborhood that is for it," said Mark Metzger, a West Riverside resident, describing door-to-door opposition and dust problems he attributed to early site operations. Several other residents raised similar concerns about traffic and water, and asked for clearer, verifiable commitments from the developer on what was being called "attainable" housing.
The question matters because the Board of County Commissioners…
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