ITD Chief Deputy Scott Stokes has spent his entire career advocating for highway safety issues, and that focus earned him the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators (AAMVA). Watch video tribute to Scott. AAMVA presented the award to Stokes during their annual conference, Aug. 23 in … Read more
Starting Monday, August 27, crews will begin constructing turn lanes at the intersection of Idaho Highway 53 and Chase Road west of Rathdrum. Work will last up to one month as crews add a right-turn lane and a center-turn lane at the intersection. Crews are expected to be on site during the day … Read more
Beginning the week of August 27, crews will work to improve fish passage at Moose Creek near Elk City by replacing an aging culvert under Idaho Highway 14. The old culvert is not large enough to accommodate the flow of water and allow fish to easily pass. “At high water, the flow is constricted and funneled … Read more
Check out this short video from Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter about not flying drones near wildfires to avoid interference with the firefighting efforts underway. The public service announcement comes after it was widely reported that drones had interfered with, and hampered, wildfire-fighting efforts this past weekend. Source: Idaho … Read more
With Labor Day right around the corner, parents and children are likely counting down the days to the end of summer, but they should consider a different number: 86. That’s at least how many people have died on Idaho routes so far during what is called the 100 Deadliest Days, or the … Read more
Construction will begin this week near Kamiah on US-12 to add turn lanes at Valley View Drive. Crews will work during the day, with some Saturday work allowed. During active work, one lane will be closed. When crews are not working, US-12 will open up to two lanes. Debco Construction will complete the … Read more
BOISE– Ongoing improvements to the Interstate 84/Karcher Interchange in Nampa will require two closures the week of August 20. Motorists should plan ahead and consider an alternate route on the following dates: Wed., Aug. 22 at 8 p.m. to Thurs., Aug. 23 at 5 a.m.: The interchange will be closed while crews install new … Read more
Every summer, thousands of residents from the Treasure Valley escape the heat of the valley floor and head north into the cool beauty of the mountains, especially on weekends. When it’s time for all those people to head home Sunday night, traffic can get congested on our mountain roads. Recently, a number of people have … Read more
BOISE – ITD’s Geographic Information Systems (GIS) group recently earned the Special Achievement in GIS, or SAG Award, on July 11 at the annual Esri User Conference in San Diego. Esri is the global market leader in GIS software, and selected ITD from more than 300,000 eligible organizations worldwide to receive the award for innovative … Read more
BOISE – County driver’s licensing offices statewide are up and running today (Tuesday, Aug. 14), but processing times may be slowed as staff continues working with new software recently brought online. Although the new processes and workflow were challenging, offices statewide processed approximately 1,300 transactions and were running much more smoothly by … Read more