Idaho Transportation Department - Tue February 12, 2019
ITD Merges Ideas in Post Falls Design
Following a public meeting in November 2018, the Idaho Transportation Department developed a different alternative for the Interstate 90 and Idaho Highway 41 interchange in Post Falls. The new design merges the advantages of the two alternatives that were developed by a special planning team and presented to the public last fall....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue December 18, 2018
Idaho Airports Receive Nearly $53M in Federal, State Grants for Improvements
Federal Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants of about $39.5 million will help seven primary (commercial) airports across the state with needed improvements to their passenger and aviation facilities....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue August 28, 2018
Innovation Improves Safety, Reduces Congestion on I-84
The challenge facing the Idaho Transportation Department was a familiar one — how to make improvements to a highway route fast enough to keep up with growth and demand. Staff came up with a new solution: Identify and combine funding sources to generate enough money to make needed improvements, and make them as fast as possible....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue August 28, 2018
ITD Begins Improvements on Highway 69 in Meridian
The Idaho Transportation Department has begun a series of safety improvements on Idaho Highway 69 (Meridian Road) in Meridian and Kuna. Motorists are advised to expect nighttime lane restrictions on the highway until early October....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue June 05, 2018
I-15 Construction Between Spencer, Dubois Under Way
The Idaho Transportation Department began construction work on Interstate 15 between Spencer and Dubois in early May. Work will continue through the fall. The new project will reconstruct 8 mi. of I-15 pavement that has deteriorated and replacing it with a new smooth surface, improved shoulders and drains and upgraded guardrails....
Tue March 13, 2018
ITD to Host Freight Summit on April 10
Improving freight mobility, safety and economic opportunities in Idaho will be the focus of the Idaho Freight Summit that will be held April 10, in Boise. Idaho Freight Summit — Building Idaho's Economy, will be hosted by the Idaho Transportation Department and will be held in the North Star Conference Room at the Riverside Hotel, 2900 W....
Tue March 13, 2018
Idaho Materials & Construction Wins Award for Quality in Asphalt Paving
Idaho Materials and Construction (IMC) won a Quality in Construction Award for asphalt pavement from the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) for its work on 1-84 in Canyon County.“We were honored to receive this award,” Eric St....
Tue February 13, 2018
ITD Implements Fatigue-Management Policy for Workers
Idaho's 12,000 lane miles and nearly 2,000 bridges represent a multi-billion-dollar investment by the state's taxpayers. The entire 1,550-member Idaho Transportation Department workforce protects that investment each day, and no group has a more direct impact on the condition of these assets than ITD's maintenance workers....
Tue October 24, 2017
Idaho Transportation Department Refinances GARVEE, Saves Taxpayers $13.1M
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) will save approximately $13.1 million in interest costs on GARVEE highway bonds. ITD worked with the Idaho Housing and Finance Association to refinance $101 million of debt by reducing interest rates from 4.5 percent to 2.3 percent on those bonds....
Tue October 24, 2017
Public-Private Partnership Creates Economic Opportunities for East Idaho
One of the largest public-private partnerships in Idaho is moving forward after government and business leaders broke ground on the Northgate Project in east Idaho on Sept. 14. This project represents an unprecedented partnership between six public and private entities that will increase mobility and economic opportunity along the Interstate 15 corridor....
