Bn Plans Industrial Park In Route Of Proposed Freeway
Burlington Northern Railroad says it wants to develop the land east of Market Street in Hillyard that transportation officials are studying as a route for the proposed North Spokane Freeway. A letter from the railroad to the state Department of Transportation states plans for the freeway “severely impact a proposed marketing plan for the industrial park.”
Stephen Kuzma, development head for the railroad, said the property was recently annexed into the city of Spokane. The company hopes to have a specific site plan for an industrial park filed with the city in 1996.
Kuzma’s letter states that BN is looking at a food-processing warehouse and distribution space geared toward “rail-served tenants.”
When contacted by a reporter, neither Kuzma nor the company public-relations office would elaborate.
Indian Trail plan
The Indian Trail Specific Plan still rests with the city staff and the Plan Commission, which has set a special meeting for 1:30 p.m. Nov. 29 to act on the document.
The commission is deciding how to address various conflicts in the planning document as well as a legal challenge by developer Harlan Douglass.
One major point, however, apparently has been resolved: the amount of buildable land still available in Indian Trail.
Douglass wants a higher housing density on land he owns. He argues that would not impact traffic because other property will never be developed.
But the latest analysis finds that the city wasn’t too far off in its initial estimate that the Indian Trail neighborhood could accommodate 3,256 more housing units. The new estimate comes in slightly higher - 3,487, with the number of acres available now at 600.
185-acre development planned
Douglass is also proposing commercial and residential development on 185 acres north of Lincoln Road between Crestline and Nevada streets.
The area now is zoned for a manufactured-home park as well as industrial and commercial uses. Douglass wants a rezone to build apartments as well.
A neighborhood meeting to discuss traffic impacts of the plan is set for 7:30 p.m. today at Mountain View Assembly of God, 633 E. Magnesium Road.
For more information, contact Todd Whipple or Ann Winkler at Inland Pacific Engineering, 458-6840.
Ski show tonight
The city Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring a crosscountry ski show from 6 to 9 p.m. today at the Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook.
Information will be provided on ski lessons, trips and trails as well as maintenance and waxing techniques.
Sewers, sewers, sewers
Sewers are expensive and getting more so all the time.
The cost of sewers in the North Side’s suburban areas is the main topic of a meeting at 7 p.m. today at Whitworth Community Presbyterian Church, 312 W. Hawthorne Road.
Staff members from the county utilities department will be on hand to answer questions and discuss several options now being considered to pay for new sewer lines.
A second meeting is set for 7 p.m. Nov. 29 at Mead High School’s west cafeteria, 302 W. Hastings Road.
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