The Bonner County hearing examiner has approved a conditional use permit for the applicants of the Panhandle Bike Ranch following a few days of deliberation after a nearly four-hour public hearing last Wednesday.
The applicant's traffic study needs to be revised. It fails to reveal the deteriorating traffic conditions at Kootenai Bay Road, Seven Sisters Drive, and Highway 200 intersection, one-fourth mile west of Providence Road. A potential commercial business being planned at the corner of Seven Sisters Drive and Highway 200 that may require ingress/egress from and to Highway 200 hasn't been considered in the study.