Idaho Transportation Department - Tue July 31, 2018
Idaho Receives Notice of $90M INFRA Grant for Its I-84 Widening Project
An area of major need in Idaho may receive a vital shot of federal money, as federal officials shortlisted $90.24 million in grant funds to help ease congestion on Interstate 84 in the Treasure Valley between the Karcher Interchange and Franklin Boulevard....
Idaho Transportation Department - Tue July 31, 2018
ITD Can Move Forward With Cloverdale Overpass Project
The Idaho Transportation Board passed a resolution enabling ITD staff to design and construct a replacement bridge on Cloverdale Road over Interstate 84. The resolution dedicates $6 million to 8 million for this project....
Associated Press - Tue July 31, 2018
Officials Approve Railroad's Plan for Second Bridge
SANDPOINT, Idaho (AP) Idaho officials have approved BNSF Railway's application for a permit to build a second railroad bridge in northern Idaho across Lake Pend Oreille and Sand Creek in Sandpoint....
Associated Press - Tue July 31, 2018
Officials Expect Economic Impact From FBI Expansion
POCATELLO, Idaho (AP) The construction and related expansion work for the FBI data center in Pocatello is expected to create about 500 direct jobs and 160 indirect jobs, according to an analysis. The analysis by the Idaho Department of Labor and Bannock Development Corp....
Associated Press - Tue July 31, 2018
Idaho Eyes $500M Prison
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) Idaho officials are considering spending $500 million on a prison expansion and new state prison to alleviate the state's overcrowded facilities. Corrections officials told state Board of Correction on June 11 that the expansion is needed because all of Idaho's prisons are above capacity, county jails are packed and hundreds of Idaho inmates are being held temporarily at a private jail in Texas....
Keith Ridler - ASSOCIATED PRESS - Tue July 10, 2018
Idaho Gears Up to Boost Logging, Restoration on Federal Land
BOISE – Idaho has more than doubled the number of workers assigned to logging and restoration projects on federal lands in the state with the goal of doubling the timber harvest and restoration treatments on by 2025....
Nicole Foy – Associated Press - Mon July 02, 2018
Sinkholes, Poison Gas, Dynamite: Inside Abandoned Mines
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) A century-old gold mine is a curious place, and that's a problem for those whose job it is to find bats and blasting caps as worrisome as the public finds them to be wondrous. When the 2015 fire in Owyhee County finally burned out, a team of experts from the Bureau of Land Management followed closely behind the wildland firefighters assessing the safety of public land known as the Owyhee Front....
Tue June 05, 2018
Pocatello Water Department Lists 2018 Construction Season Projects
The city of Pocatello's Water Department has announced its list of projects for the 2018 construction season. During the year, staff are scheduled to replace approximately 2 mi. of water main lines in areas that include Mahogany Drive, Chokecherry Drive, El Rancho Boulevard, South Johnson Avenue, West Clark Street and West Center Street....
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....
Associated Press - Tue June 05, 2018
Idaho County Starts 'Record' Year of Construction Projects
BOISE, Idaho (AP) Local residents and businesses in an Idaho county are preparing for what is expected to be the busiest road construction year in history. The Idaho Statesman reports the Ada County Highway District has begun a $61 million construction season, tearing up the roads from one end of Idaho's most populated county to the other....
