ITD offers road transfer again

An Idaho Transportation Department proposal to transfer ownership of Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive to local jurisdictions is back on the table after being placed on the back burner in 2013. A new version of the plan will be released during a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Thursday in the Coeur d’Alene Public Library’s Community Room, and ITD wants to know how residents feel about it. ITD first proposed transferring its ownership of Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive in 2011, and sweetened the pot by offering a one-time $3 million incentive payment to help with future maintenance and repairs to the road. That offer was met with heavy political resistance from some Coeur d’Alene City Council members, who questioned the actual cost of maintaining that 5.5-mile stretch of road. Some property owners along the road also feared the transfer might result in the city annexing their properties/ Jeff Selle , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: Should the city take ownership of Lake Coeur d’Alene Drive?