Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission members recently gave their stamp of approval to two development proposals near the coming Idaho 16 and Ustick Road interchange.
The developments are relatively small — one a 4-acre commercial project, the other a 36-acre housing and office development — but their location at the northeast corner of Ustick Road and the McDermott Road bypass is significant.
If approved, they would be among the first to go up in a pocket of Northwest Meridian that promises to be radically changed by the new interchange, which by 2045 is expected to carry up to 110,000 cars a day…