support of widening west reserve Public Comment from Sarah SchwarzAimee Brunckhorst
From: 406 Haylady <406haylady@gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2022 4:22 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment; Sarah
Subject: EXTERNAL support of widening west reserve
To Whom It May Concern:
I live on Whitefish Stage north of Reserve so I have an endless supply of reasons for wanting West Reserve Drive
expanded from 3 to 5 lanes! The traffic is so often backed up from the light at Whitefish Stage that is nearly impossible
to get thru the stoplight going east and west often for 3-4 cycles!! There are only a few time spans during the day where
a person can travel Reserve without getting hung up by the whitefish stage stoplight for several light cycles!!
Its also a nightmare pulling onto reserve from whitefish stage, especially from the south as there is no turn arrow and so
the traffic is often backed way up down wf stage waiting to get onto reserve again thru several light cycles.
We NEED at the very least 2 more lanes to move more traffic from Hwy 93 to Hwy 2 via Reserve. A turning lane with a
turning arrow light would be the ultimate. Of course it doesn't fix the problems of Whitefish Stage traffic trying to get
onto reserve but at least it would move more traffic thru the stoplight.
I am in total support of widening west reserve from Hwy 93 to Hwy 2 and especially with turn lanes and turning
arrows. Next suggestion would be turning arrows from whitefish stage onto Reserve as that is a challenge and a site for
many accidents as well. Im not a fan of widening whitefish stage because there is way too much traffic and way too
many speeders already on that road that isn't meant to be a highway. If you widen it, you will welcome that much more
highway speeds and traffic on there. Just put turning arrows onto Reserve and we'll be happy :} Thanks for listening!
Sincerely,
Sarah Schwarz
2875 whitefish stage Rd
Kalispell, mt
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