Lindsay planning commission votes to recommend Master Thoroughfare Plan after public hearing

The Planning & Zoning Commission of the City of Lindsay voted unanimously on Jan. 13 to recommend adoption of a Master Thoroughfare Plan that maps long-range road corridors for the city. The motion to recommend the plan passed 4-0 following a public hearing and brief discussion.

Mayor Scott Neu said the plan is needed to qualify the city for federal grants and cautioned about scale and timing, saying the proposed roads "will cost millions of dollars" and that construction, if it occurred, would likely be decades away: about "50-60 years" and could "may never happen." KSA Engineering representative Abiel Carrillo described the document as a strategic roadmap, stressing it sets a policy framework rather than an immediate construction schedule: "it is a roadmap with no timeline." The public hearing record included a written response from a landowner raising questions about an older drawing and where a crossing of Highway 82 would be sited.

Commissioners moved and seconded the recommendation during the same meeting; Scott Evans moved, Natalie Smith seconded, and the commission recorded a 4-0 vote to recommend adoption. The public hearing was opened at 6:04 p.m., closed at 6:48 p.m., and the meeting adjourned at 6:49 p.m.