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Ryan Ballard
975 Hillview Dr.
Rexburg, ID 83440
ryanballardidaho@gmail.com
April 5, 2023
Rexburg City Council President:
Jordan Busby jordan.busby@rexburg.org
Rexburg City Council Members:
Tisha Flora tisha.flora@rexburg.org
Mikel Walker mikel.walker@rexburg.org
Robert Chambers robert.chambers@rexburg.org
Bryanna Johnson bryanna.johnson@rexburg.org
Colin Erickson colin.erickson@rexburg.org
Dear City Council President and Members,
I am writing to you today to voice my opposition to the proposal to re-align the East
Parkway Corridor from the original Transportation Plan mapping. My understanding is that he
small, currently dead-end road (Sunrise Drive) that runs south of my neighborhood (Crest
Haven) would be expanded to at least five lanes and would connect to University Boulevard to
the west and to South Millhollow Road to the east.
My understanding is that the expected traffic on this road is slotted at potentially 25,000+
cars a day (on a road with virtually no traffic currently). Crest Haven is a small, remotely located
neighborhood in which children freely ride bikes and walk to church across Sunrise Drive with
their families. Putting a major thoroughfare alongside the neighborhood poses a significant risk
to pedestrian traffic, specifically kids and pets. It’s telling that there is little to no direct access
from homes to Seventh South (which appears to be of comparable size and levels of traffic to
this proposed road); no amount of planning can ensure access from the Crest Haven
neighborhood to this thoroughfare will be anything other than a disaster.
Additionally, I am concerned about the property values in the neighborhood. Though I
am presently a renter, I stand by my neighbors and landlord in recognizing the negative impact
on the values of their homes by substantially altering the nature of the neighborhood.
Respectfully, I request you to consider scrapping this proposal and seeking alternative
routes which can more reasonably accommodate the volume of traffic projected.
Sincerely,
/s/ Ryan A. Ballard