Tue May 08, 2018
Lemhi River Bridge Projects Under Way in East Idaho
ITD has identified nine bridges for reconstruction on ID-28 between April 2018 and October 2019. Construction on the first three bridges began the week of April 2 and lasts until mid-Oct. 2018. The project calls for removing and replacing bridges; enhancing existing structures; and providing increased capacity for the river....
Tue May 08, 2018
Idaho National Laboratory Expands With New Buildings
IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (AP) Idaho National Laboratory took a huge step in expanding its research and cybersecurity work. The lab held a ceremonial groundbreaking on April 11 for two new buildings: the Cybercore Integration Center and the Collaborative Computing Center, the Post Register reported ....
Tue May 08, 2018
TRB Names ITD Director to Its Executive Committee
Idaho Transportation Department Director Brian Ness was recently named to the executive committee of the 2018 Transportation Research Board (TRB). The TRB is a unit of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, and serves as an independent adviser to the President of the United States, the Congress and federal and state agencies on scientific and technical transportation issues of national importance....
Tue April 10, 2018
ITD Saves Time, Fuel for Truckers
The Idaho Transportation Department said new equipment that helps commercial truck drivers bypass a weigh station in the Lewiston area can save truckers more than $900,000 this year in time and fuel costs....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Tue April 10, 2018
Major Construction Projects on Horizon for Pacific Northwest
As temperatures warm and days grow drier, state and local agencies are gearing up for construction projects all over the Pacific Northwest — some still in the planning stages, others, phases in ongoing plans....
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....
Wed March 13, 2013
BNSF to Install 2nd Track From Idaho to Spokane Valley
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) Rising train traffic is prompting BNSF Railway to make plans to install a second track from Hauser, Idaho, to the Spokane Valley. The project calls for a 4.4-mi. second track to be installed parallel to an existing BNSF mainline track, which carries freight from Seattle to the Midwest....
Tue March 13, 2018
ITB Advances $12.5M Project
The Idaho Transportation Board voted unanimously during its regular meeting Feb. 21 to provide additional funding to begin construction on the Northgate Interchange in east Idaho. “This project is a great funding model for public/private partnerships moving forward....
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....
