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Just thinking that the growth would continue, just outside the bounds of the area restricted by the moratorium. Then, playing catch-up would not allow the options otherwise there with foresightful planning (roads, where to allow commercial and residential development, and to what degree would high-density residential dev. be permitted--not to mention figuring in the cost/benefit of adding the tax base.) If you see a trend in your community toward growth, better to meet it pre-emptively, like a flood that starts with a trickle, than to try to manage the torrent. As I said, I'm not as familiar with details of city management issues as many of you probably are, but my gut says, "Work WITH the growth rather than against it."
The Boise area seems to be an interesting mix of progressive and conservative. There are more progressive voting metros in the nation that won't consider light rail like Boise is considering, even though Boise votes more conservative.
I'm sure you'd see an explosion of growth along the Elmore/Ada county line (or the projects already planned there would fast track). Also, Treasure Valley cities are really competing for growth so I doubt much support would happen from any one city. I just don't see something like this working.
I'm sure you'd see an explosion of growth along the Elmore/Ada county line (or the projects already planned there would fast track). Also, Treasure Valley cities are really competing for growth so I doubt much support would happen from any one city. I just don't see something like this working.
What's odd is that growth really hasn't spread in that direction. I wonder if it has something to do with who owns the land in that direction?
Mountain Home has boomed over the past year, and I know that the amount of people that commute from there to Boise is incredible. The interstate, however, is treacherous during the winter.
I do know there have been talks of a bunch of different projects in the Mayfield truck stop area - a few huge planned communities, etc.
I do know that Mr. Edgar received an enormous amount of support for his idea, but of course not from anyone that "matters."
Well I remember back in the day SE Boise was the growth hotspot. I'm not exactly sure what happened to change that. I have read that there are several massive planned communities toward Mountain Home planned. Apparently, water has been of some concern. It appears in the not so distant future sporadic development will stretch from Mountain Home to Caldwell and I'm sure Ontario at some point.
Well I remember back in the day SE Boise was the growth hotspot. I'm not exactly sure what happened to change that. I have read that there are several massive planned communities toward Mountain Home planned. Apparently, water has been of some concern. It appears in the not so distant future sporadic development will stretch from Mountain Home to Caldwell and I'm sure Ontario at some point.
I don't think we'll see that precisely because of the reason you listed above - water.
And you're right about growth the the SE of Boise - water has been a significant problem. Some planned communities in near Kuna talked about various ways of piping large quantities of water from the Snake to get their water.
Yeah, but traffic isn't bad in Boise so no worries. haha.
That's a picture taken during evening rush hour and probably lasts about 40 min. With the exception of the morning commute; if you go back and take the same picture throughout the day it doesn't look like that.
Last time I checked on the Texas Transportation Institute Report for 2007(they do annual reports on traffic nationwide), Boise-Metro doesn't even hit the radar for bad traffic. In fact, there isn't one town from Idaho on there.
IMHO traffic isn't bad in Boise for a city of it's size, then again I've lived several different places so I have experiences to compare it to. Also, what that picture doesn't show is the traffic is moving. From what I've experienced, rarely are you sitting at a standstill.
That study doesn't include Boise because data wasn't provided. So we can't really use that study as an example. I have a feeling if Boise were included it would still be better than most metros but probably would be rated lower than similar sized cities in the region. Eugene, Spokane, etc were included in those studies and from what I've see have less congestion than the Boise Area (and are smaller and similar size metros).
Having lived in Boise, Seattle, and LA/OC, traffic isn't that bad in Boise, for the most part. It really depends when and where you are going, I suppose. My step father drives Micron-NW Boise daily and says it is not unusual for the freeway to be stop and go...so he doesn't take it anymore. It takes him about 40 minutes to drive home. That seems like a rather long commuter for a rather short distance. But most people in the City of Boise probably have a 15-20 minute commute at most. Those driving from Canyon County probably can't say that.
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