[Vision2020] Fwd: ITD stimulus news

[Tom Trail]

>Visionaries--Savings from stimulus funds will allow ITD to commit

$2.23 million to pavement overlay on Highway 95 in Latah County.

Rep. Tom Trail.  The report is from Mollie McCarty, ITD



>
>Mollie McCarty
>
>ITD Government Affairs Program Manager
>
>208.334.8804
>
>mollie.mccarty at itd.idaho.gov
>
>Board approves eight additional highway projects
>to be constructed with federal stimulus savings
>
>The Idaho Transportation Board approved funding 
>additional highway construction projects with 
>savings realized from the eight original 
>projects. The new projects were announced during 
>the board's Aug. 20 business meeting in Rigby.
>
>More than $50 million in bid savings emerged 
>from the stimulus projects advertised this 
>spring. The transportation board, at its July 
>meeting, dedicated $15.8 million in savings to 
>expand a section of U.S. 95 north of Hayden from 
>two lanes to four.
>
>Projects approved for stimulus funding last week are:
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>·       Interstate-90, rehabilitation of I-90 bridges, $6.5 million
>
>·       U.S. 95, Grangeville area, pavement rehabilitation, $6 million
>
>·       Idaho 9, Latah County, pavement overlay, $2.23 million
>
>·       U.S. 95, Idaho 7 bridge rehabilitation, 
>Lawyer's Canyon Bridge, Orofino Bridge, Ashaka 
>Bridge, $1 million
>
>·       I-84, Black Canyon to Sand Hollow, 
>concrete rehabilitation, $10 million
>
>·       I-15, pavement rehabilitation, Devil 
>Creek to Downey, northbound, $4.9 million
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>·       I-15, pavement rehabilitation, Devil 
>Creek to Downey, southbound, $5.2 million
>
>·       I-15 pavement overlay, Idaho Falls to 
>Osgood, northbound, $2.17 million
>
>"Designating the remaining stimulus savings to 
>improving the condition of our pavements and 
>bridges makes sense," said Idaho Transportation 
>Board Chairman Darrell Manning. "With more than 
>one in five miles of Idaho's highway pavement 
>being in poor condition, the transportation 
>board made the right decision."
>
>It is estimated the additional nine stimulus 
>projects funded with the savings will create or 
>sustain 900 jobs. The projects will be 
>advertised for contractors to bid on this fall. 
>Work is anticipated to begin in the spring of 
>2010.
>
>Published 8-28-09


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Dr. Tom Trail
International Trails
1375 Mt. View Rd.
Moscow, Id. 83843
Tel:  (208) 882-6077
Fax:  (208) 882-0896
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