Congratulations Jay Davis with Lemhi County as being named a 2020 Innovation Idea Award Nominee. 

Problem Statement: In Lemhi County, and numerous other counties and highway districts across the state, we are faced with challenges when doing maintenance activities, repairs, or emergency road and bridge recovery in areas that endangered species are present. Permits and biological assessments are required, these are costly to both the annual budget as well as the amount of time in which these processes take to complete. (more…)

Congratulations Brad Farner and the City of Nampa’s Street Department for being named a 2020 Innovation Idea Award Nominee. 

Brad and the Street’s Department implemented three low-cost solutions for ongoing maintenance issues with our street sweepers. (more…)

Congratulations Independent Highway District as being named a 2020 Innovation Idea Award Nominee. 

The District came up with an innovative and cost-effective way to extend centerline marking Life. (more…)

On behalf of the selection committee for the Innovation Idea Award, congratulations to all our 2020 honorees!

It was our pleasure to see so many outstanding nominations from local highway jurisdictions around the state. The nominations we received illustrated how hard the transportation community is continuously striving to develop both time and cost-saving efficiencies.

• Brad Farner, City of Nampa, Street Sweeper
• Jay Davis, Lemhi County, Idaho Programmatic Project
• Independent Highway District, Extending Centerline Marking Life

These submissions, along with the runner-ups, will be highlighted on our website. You can find past submissions on our website under the News tab- within the Innovation Idea Award category.