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It's Never Too Late to Stop the Sand
Creek Bypass
a.k.a.“The City Beach Freeway”
WINTER 2008 UPDATE
Press Release January 14, 2008
SANDPOINT CITIZENS CHALLENGE ARMY CORPS PERMIT FOR $120 MILLION BYPASS ON WATERFRONT
Click here to read complete Press Release. (Word Document)
The COMPLAINT that was
filed in Federal District Court is available at the top of the
Lawsuit Page
FALL 2007 UPDATE
Status of Army Corps Permit for the Sand Creek Bypass Project
On October 3 the Army Corps of Engineers issued a final fill and dredge Permit for ITD's proposed 3 lane Highway in Sand Creek.
But this is by no means THE END... of NICAN's efforts to derail the project and prevent the destruction of Sandpoint's waterfront.
In fact we have been laying the groundwork for challenging a Corps to permit the project ever since ITD submitted its first Application for Permit in July of 2004.
We have consistently pointed out the glaring deficiencies in ITD's information and analyses in preparation for the possibility that the Corps would cave in to political pressure (what else could it be?) and approve the project. See our comments below on the shortcomings of ITD's latest Response to the Corps' requests for more information. We are surprized that the Corps did not go back to ITD and direct them to cure the glaring deficiencies in that submittal before issuing the permit. The fact that they did not is to our advantage.
NICAN is of course taking a hard look at challenging the Corps Decision to issue the Permit
Meanwhile,
construction cannot begin until:
* Idaho Department of Lands issues a Lake
Encroachment Permit for the project
* ITD has aquired the Right-of-Way
property from the BNSF Railway
* NICAN's current lawsuit challenging
the project is resolved
* The required Archeological Data
Recovery is completed
On September 10th NICAN submitted Comments to the Army
Corps of Engineers regarding
ITD's July 18 Response to the Corps Here
is the link to NICAN's Comments
There will be a lot more water under the bridge over Sand Creek before the 'City Beach Freeway' gets built... STAY TUNED...
For Agency Documents and technical reports and letters to State and Federal agencies Click on Documents on the left side of this screen.
Image is a visual of the location of the Byway (Freeway) in Sand Creek
March 2004, The Yellow ribbon in Sand Creek
shows the public the proposed extensive fill into Sand Creek. The grey
area on the right, is where the proposed highway wall would be.
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