St. Luke’s scored a major victory yesterday when a vote in their favor will allow the closure of a two-block stretch of Jefferson Street, which was a huge part of their plan to remake its Downtown Boise campus.

The decision was a bitter loss for dozens of neighbors, transportation experts who spent more than a year arguing that closing Jefferson Street between Avenue B and 1st Street isn’t necessary for St. Luke’s to expand, and that closing the road would cost them a popular car, bike, and pedestrian connection to and through Downtown.

St. Luke’s says it will roll out its $400 million expansion in phases over the next several years.

It will be interesting to see how these changes and growth will be accepted by the community after the long battle.

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