[Vision2020] Report from ITD Meeting

[Tom Trail]

Visionaires:   Six legislators met today in Lewiston with Director Ness,
Idaho Transportation Director.  Here are several points that came out of
the meeting.

  1.  Thorncreek to Moscow Highway 95--An Environmental Impact Study has
      been conducted and sent to D.C.  Once it is approved then the Feds
      have to go through a Legal Sufficiency Review.  Hopefully this will
      all be done within the next few months.  The earliest that work
      might start is 2015.  The Department has $20 million reserved for
      the project.  The eight mile stretch is the most dangerous section
      of Highway 95 in regard to accident rates--with over 300 accidents
      in the past 10 years.

  2.  In 2014 the Department is committed to spend $900,000 to build a
      a left turnbay at Lewis Road at the base of Highway 95 going up
      Steakhouse hill.

Rep. Tom Trail
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Dr. Tom Trail
International Trails
1375 Mt. View Rd.
Moscow, Id. 83843
Tel:  (208) 882-6077
Fax:  (208) 882-0896
e mail ttrail at moscow.com