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Council flags potential business and school impacts from proposed state four‑lane alignment
Summary
Council members raised concerns about a state four‑lane highway alignment near Mead and Wahoo, saying proposed routing could affect downtown businesses and place a new school closer to highway traffic; members encouraged residents to submit comments to the state's open houses.
Council discussed information from a state open house on a proposed four‑lane project that may shift the highway alignment near Mead and toward Wahoo. One councilor warned the plan could remove or damage properties and affect businesses along the route and said the routing could push the highway closer to a planned elementary school. "They're gonna put that weird intersection in where Sinclair is, where you have to turn right and maybe u-turn," a councilor said, expressing concern about traffic patterns and impacts to downtown commerce.
Staff summarized the state's process—collecting comments for environmental review and routing decisions—and told council funding timing may push major work toward 2028. Members encouraged residents and business owners to attend state hearings and submit comments so local concerns are considered.
