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8-13D-9-24: TRAFFIC STRATEGY:
Hidden Springs has been carefully planned to minimize traffic impacts on surrounding roadways and concentrate off-site trips to the south and west of the community. Six (6) key elements of this strategy are:
Project Density: It is anticipated that approximately seventy five percent (75%) of the population of the Hidden Springs Community is projected to be located on the south side of Dry Creek Road. The traffic analysis of Hidden Springs concludes the highest percentage of trips into downtown Boise, Eagle and south to I-84 will occur within the existing road system to the south and west of the project: on Seaman's Gulch Road, to Hill Road, Gary Lane to Glenwood Road and State Street; and on Dry Creek Road west to Highway 55.
Location of Village Center: The Village Center with its commercial uses, schools and other community activities will capture traffic within the community and reduce the need to go outside the community for goods and services.
Trip Reduction Strategy: A trip reduction strategy is included as part of the overall Hidden Springs Traffic Strategy. This strategy is centered around the concept of travel demand management, which will result in trip reduction based on providing commercial and community support uses in the Village Center, telecommuting, recreation facilities, a park and ride lot, an extensive bicycle and pedestrian path system, and vanpooling.
Rural Road Sections: As part of the rural character of the community, rural road sections (designs) will be utilized to the greatest extent possible and based on approval of these sections by ACHD. These sections will not have curbs, gutters, or sidewalks.
Also, these roads will have a parallel path system that will accommodate bicycles and pedestrians thereby reducing vehicular trips and improving both the safety and alternate transportation options in the community.
Future Growth Scenario: Due to the topography of the area, it is anticipated that the bulk of future development within Dry Creek Valley will occur to the west of Hidden Springs. Strategic placement of Hidden Springs densities at the south, and placement of the Village Center at the west end of the community will lead this future trend and route the majority of community traffic toward transportation corridors to the population centers and services to the west.
Traffic Focus and Diversion: Hidden Springs supports traffic planning and design measures that will direct traffic to corridors with adequate capacity and future additional potential. These measures include: diversionary intersections at Hill Road and Gary Lane, Hill Road and 36th (both recently adopted by ACHD), and Cartwright Road and 36th Street (future) that will direct traffic to the south rather than along Hill Road and Harrison Boulevard; and plans for new and expanded north-south corridors on Eagle Road and on routes being evaluated in the Bench to Valley Study.
The widening of 36th Street and connection of Veteran's Memorial Parkway through to Curtis Road and the I-84 connector will result in a significant reduction in potential traffic on State Street and through parts of the North End. Also, the future connection of Gary Lane and Glenwood Road through to Cole Road and the mall area will provide another major north-south connection that will ease pressures on the North End.
These improvements will greatly increase the already good accessibility of Hidden Springs.
(Ord. 1002, 10-28-2025)
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