Sha-Ron Parking Access

I would support lowering the speed limit with the new access. I think the access is a good idea as it’s crazy busy there in the summer and will be well used but I would like it be safe as well.

I’ve lived in East missoula for 10+years. With the amount of new traffic and river pedestrians the speed limit seems antiquated. It’s unsafe and needs to be reduced…

While the proposed development for parking and facilities will alleviate traffic congestion on highway 200 the parallel issue of the 45 and 55 mph speed zones needs to be addressed and lowered to 35. The current speed zones of 45 and 55 mph running adjacent to the proposed parking lot and extending past Marshall Mountain pose an egregious threat to vehicles and school busses pulling in and out of neighborhoods, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The proposed parking development will further concentrate rec. users right where the high speed limit makes everyone more vulnerable to conflict and accidents when simply extending the 35 mph speed zone to at least Marshall Mountain could help prevent these situations.

This parking area is an excellent idea. The summer months bring so many people and there is a dire need to increase safety and parking capacity. I live close to the proposed parking area site and definitely think the speed limit needs to be lowered. 45/55 is way too fast for the amount of people, families, foot traffic and bike traffic. Please lower the speed limit and help the community minimize hazard and increase parking availability!!!

Having lived out here next to the fishing access for 38 years, it saddens me to see the area where my children caught crawdads and where beaver live, to be turned into parking and toilets. Time moves on though and the population is bursting at the seams. Having floaters on the river was never been an issue in times past, but now times are different. I recommend only hydro flasks be allowed on the floats, ( less willing to toss them in the river) and stress " pack it in, pack it out". Recently I hauled 3 beer cans and a two man float tube off of the river bank by the golf course because some lovely human left it behind after getting holes in it. Remember to be kind to our rivers. Respect the neighborhood. Act like a good human. And yes, slow down to 25 or 30. Don't care which. GD

Very much needed. I think it will also reduce frustrations of people of lesser means who don’t have access to the rivers via their back yards or walking distance. I understand residents don’t like cars piled up by their houses, but when there is no place to park it makes it very difficult for people to enjoy our rivers it becomes an us versus them situation such as the situation by maclay bridge. Anything in the works for that?

I am commenting to support the speed limit drop from 55 to 35 from the Brick Yard Hill to Marshall mnt rd. With increased traffic between the residents at the golf course and the fishing access parking lot increasing in size it is very important to protect our neighbors and wildlife in that area. The decrease in speed limit is a must

Fully support lowering the speed limit to 35mph on Highway 200. In 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that national governments lower speed limits as a means of reducing hospital admissions during coronavirus outbreak. As a healthcare worker in a local ICU I will say our system is STILL taxed with admissions beyond capacity and often low staff. Do what’s sensible so we can avoid needless traumas!

Fully support lowering the speed limit to 35mph on Highway 200. In 2020 The World Health Organization (WHO) recommended that national governments lower speed limits as a means of reducing hospital admissions during coronavirus outbreak. As a healthcare worker in a local ICU I will say our system is STILL taxed with admissions beyond capacity and often low staff. Do what’s sensible so we can avoid needless traumas!

It is concerning the speed limit is not lower. People are flying by. It is dangerous to keep the speed limit this high when there will be an increase in foot traffic. Please lower the speed limit. It is a matter of safety for all.

I would encourage anybody who is involved in this approval process to stand at the proposed parking area and observe traffic for 20 to 30 minutes. Please objectively take note of the speed of traffic, which you will likely find to be moving fast! With an expanded parking area to a popular river access point, along with the existing visitation this area see is already, it makes a lot of sense to lower the speed limit through this stretch of roadway.

With tubers and paddlers parking and traveling along the road, a hazard is created for drivers and the pedestrians using recreational river access. A lower speed limit could help mitigate this risk.

slow it down! pulling out from a stop into 55mph traffic is a recipe for a ternminal outcome. no one's mother, son or grandparent needs to pay that ultimate price. lower the speed limit now. don't wait and see, don't speculate on future use and liability. do it now. please

Fully Support this project and the expanded parking lot. I do agree, that the speed limit could be lowered to 35 until Marshall Canyon Rd. too. It is too bad, with all that work done last year at the Marshall Canyon Rd. a bike/ped path wasn't installed, I understand that may have been a bigger issue with MDOT. Thank you for making this river access better for everyone.

If the speed limit was lowered to 35mph past Marshall they would much safer for everyone

Please lower the speed limit to atleast 35mph. I have almost been run over numerous times in that area!

So dangerous right there it should be 35mph to marshall canyon

Thank you for the update! I do however share concerns that others have expressed about the area’s current and projected traffic. These changes will undoubtably increase overall traffic in the area, adding to an already dangerous situation. Please consider extending the 35 mph speed limit well past the Sha-Ron turn off in order to prevent what is currently a disaster in the making. Hope the project goes smoothly!

Please lower the speed limit to 35 mph past Old Marshall Grade Rd for the safety of all of us. I live incredibly close to this and it’s crazy how many wild and unsafe driving events I’ve witnessed due to the current high speed limit. There is no reason at all for the speed limit to be so high so close to family neighborhoods and so close to town. Please keep the folks safe Missoula, and easily cut down on emissions.

We must extend the 35 mph speed limit beyond Marshall Canyon Road! Way too dangerous to have people going 55 mph.