[Vision2020] Report from ITD Meeting

lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com
Wed Dec 14 09:45:33 PST 2011


Thanks Tom. Better late than never, but at an increased cost in money and lves.
Roger
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From: Tom Trail ttrail at moscow.com
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:41:48 -0800
To: Vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Report from ITD Meeting

> 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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> 1375 Mt. View Rd.
> Moscow, Id. 83843
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