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Caldwell gets a primer on traffic impact studies, how they inform CIP and fees
Summary
Consultants from Kittleson & Associates briefed the City Council on the Caldwell Area Transportation System master plan, how traffic impact studies (TIS) are conducted and when the city requires them, and how TISs feed the CIP and traffic impact fee program under Idaho law.
City councilors and staff heard a workshop presentation from Kittleson & Associates on how traffic planning tools and traffic impact studies shape Caldwell’s road investments and development review.
Mark Heisinger, who worked on the Caldwell Area Transportation System (CATS) plan, described the CATS plan adopted in 2023 as a long‑range (to 2050) master plan that inventories anticipated growth, identifies safety hot spots, and prioritizes more than 200 projects with cost estimates. He said the plan is intended to set high‑level performance measures — for example, where arterials should be widened and where…
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