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From:Val Daigle <vdaigle@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, July 31, 2025 10:59 AM
To:Clerks Comment
Subject:In-N-Out Burger Hearing
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Vote NO - again - on their request.
The intersection of Lost Rapids Dr & Ten Mile Rd is a uniquely problematic location for the additional
traffic load In-N-Out represents. There are numerous other lots available in northwest Meridian with
better access and zero impact to residential areas.
The Costco development area can barely handle the existing traffic flow and will completely
bottleneck traffic exiting from In-N-Out onto the roadway exiting onto Lost Rapids Dr. We’re
concerned about traffic getting TO and FROM the In-N-Out site. Their ability to handle cars within
their own lot is NOT a concern.
I personally experienced the very issue described above when the area where I lived saw a new In-N-
Out approved at a corner location surrounded by local streets. From the day it opened for the next 18
years (when I moved to Idaho) there were continual traffic bottlenecks and delays trying to ingress or
egress from their location.
The safety issues involving 2 very busy City parks and 3 school bus stops within 700 feet cannot be
discounted.
The approval of the new Adero Park subdivision that includes a major intersection at Malta Road will
put additional strain on north Ten Mile Road between McMillian and Chinden.
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In-N-Out would represent the 11 drive-thru on the Costco development. The City’s vision for that
development was to create retail space with a few drive-thru options, not to create “drive-thru central”
in northwest Meridian completely surrounded by residential subdivisions and a major park & sporting
area (Heroes Park).
ACHD’s own study from 2017 did not envision this level of drive-thru density nor the possibility of In-
N-Out—they had NO Idaho expansion plans in 2017, much less into residential areas.
In-N-Out’s own biased “traffic study” they conducted over 4 days in December 2024—specifically to
rule out the foot traffic and car traffic that inundates the area during Spring, Summer and Fall.
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Prior to the Planning & Zoning hearing, our Bainbridge community survey (over 500 homes) revealed
80% of our respondents were OPPOSED to that location. During the Planning & Zoning process,
about 96% of the hundreds of public comments from the 6 surrounding neighborhoods were
OPPOSED to that location.
In-N-Out has decided to initially modify their request to close at midnight and prevent overnight
deliveries. While this prevents overnight noise and light pollution into the adjacent residential areas
after midnight, it makes no difference to the MAIN issue: over an additional million traffic visitors to
that corner each year.
Again, VOTE NO and do NOT approve this request.
Thank you,
Val J. Daigle, Bainbridge
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