West Reserve Drive Grant Application Public Comment from Allen ChrismanAimee Brunckhorst
From: Allen Chrisman <achrisman52@gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 3, 2022 2:16 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL West Reserve Drive Grant Application
To the Kalispell City Council:
Please consider these comments in Support of the West Reserve Drive
Grant Application during the Kalispell City Council consideration of a
Letter of Support at their meeting on April 4. I'm not able to attend the
meeting in person.
I live in Country Estates off of Old Reserve Drive west of Highway 93. 1
moved here in 2005.
I use West Reserve Drive between Highway 93 and Highway 2 frequently
to access businesses in Evergreen, access to Glacier Park International
Airport, and on to Columbia Falls, Glacier National Park, and the North
Fork.
The traffic on West Reserve Drive between Highway 93 and Whitefish
Stage Road has increased significantly during the time I have lived here,
and the Bypass has efficiently delivered more traffic to the intersection.
I support the proposal to increase the West Reserve from two lanes to
five, and the improvements with the sidewalk and shared use path. West
Reserve is a primary access route between Highway 93 and Highway 2.
I suspect that with the successful implementation of the project, use will
increase and it will become obvious that the same widening will be
needed from Whitefish Stage Road on east to Highway 2. Our population
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in the Flathead is expanding at a rate that it very much challenges our
infrastructure.
Thank you for considering my comments. I request that they be included
in your record supporting a Letter of Support for this project.
Allen Chrisman, 193 Arbour DR E. Kalispell, MT 59901
406-249-6130
April 3, 2022
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