Changing Main Street to a 1 lane Public Comment from Sonya Woodworth Aimee Brunckhorst
From: Sonya <eyewitnessofhismajesty@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, May 5, 2025 12:59 PM
To: Kalispell Meetings Public Comment
Subject: EXTERNAL Changing Main Street to a 1 lane
To the city council officials and to whomever this may concern,
I am writing in response to the plan to change Main Street to 1 lane.
I am opposed to changing it. I am opposed to the change for a number of reasons.As a resident that lives
very close by, I am very concerned to how this changes my families' life and others that live here.
The increase of traffic to other places that cannot handle it until it is fixed , isn't going to work well . It
puts us in construction , and makes the whole area an added stress for traffic, recreation, flow, and
hassle for everyday life. Don't forget the fact that because it has been a 2 lane road for a long time; would
require quite a bit of time to adjust in our neighborhood. There isn't enough patience in this local area for
all of that.
We already have an influx of traffic due to tourists and the added increase of new residents to
Kalispell.We will never beable to get anywhere if this passes.
Our main street is quaint the way it is. I worked on Main Street for a season , and we have quite a few
consumers, but not enough shops or area to consider needing to make it a designated shopping area
that deserves 1 lane that helps make it whatever it is supposed to do.
My main concern is that I live on 3rd St.W.and I am overly disgusted with the fact of years that I drive
over the most uneven road all the way up to Main St.When I leave my drive way is have on my left and my
right, places where the street has sunk in in a big way. I have rivets, and grass in my street.And when
manhole or patches have been put it, they are not smooth, but very bumpy.
I am asking as a citizen , to look at the neighborhoods and work on the streets. Put that money into
the folks around Kalispell. The people that help make Kalispell a functional and growing place. Give us
something to be pleased about. The fact that we won't need to get our cars realigned just from driving
down the street.
Thank you for your time,
Sonya Woodworth
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