Kleinham's Discovery Part 2 - Flathead County, Montana

d.
B.
C.
A description of the proposed altemative where no existing system
is available.
N/A
Whether the proposed method of solid waste disposal meets
solid waste standards.
licensed Flathead CounJv Landfill is an.acceptable method for
meetine the needs of the development.
Roads: (The sources for this Section of the Report are Tom cowan, pE of
Caryer En$neering with supporting information prepared by Bob Abelin,
PE of Abelin Traffic Services. The North Shore Ranch TIS is considered a
part of this EA)
i. Describe any proposed new public or private access roads or substantial
improvements of existing public or private access roads.
North Shore Ranch proposes a series of intemal subdivisioq road to
provide access to the proposed lots. The roads will be built to goturty
Standards with 22 feet of pavement width and two foot shoulders. The
cul-de-sacs meet the standards and no subdivision variances are requested.
The North Shore Ranch development will construct a series of Subdivision
Roads to provide access to all of the lots within the project. The Roads
will be constructed to County Standards as defined in the Countv
Subdivision Reeulations. The applicant is.not requesting any variances to
the road-standar.ds; -Aecess tothe subdvision- is-viathreeapproacheronto
Hiehway 82. The applicant contragted with Abelin Traffic Services who
conducted a Traffic Impact Study (TIS) as required by the MDOT. The
consultant and developer have worked with the MDOT on the aoproaches
and have designed the three approaches to meet the requirements outline
in the MDOT letter dated December l. 2006. The TIS and MDOT letters
are included with this EA.
The Traffic Impact Study has a number of recornmendations to address
impacts of the proposed subdivision on traffic alone Hiehway 82 which
the developer proposes to meet. A significant recommendation is for a
contribution to install a tiaffic sisral at Highway 82 and Hiehway 93 that
is proportionate to the North Shore Ranch projected u-se. The developer of
North Shore Ranch is in aereement with this recommendation.
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North Shore Ranch
Kleinhans Farms v. Flathead Co.
County File -- 3116