The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation provides a variety of funding programs and grants to government entities in Idaho for the provision of equipment and for the creation and renovation of outdoor recreational facilities. (more…)
The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation provides a variety of funding programs and grants to government entities in Idaho for the provision of equipment and for the creation and renovation of outdoor recreational facilities. (more…)
The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council received funding to provide a demonstration workshop on Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil–Integrated Bridge System (GRS–IBS) bridge construction in southeast Idaho. The one-day workshop will include a morning of class instruction using FHWA experts and an afternoon of onsite observation of the construction. Participants can sign up for either the November 16th class or the November 17th class. The instruction will be the same on both. GRS-IBS is an innovation to help reduce bridge construction time and cost. GRS-IBS projects can be built in weeks instead of months, due to the ease of construction and the use of readily available materials and equipment. Reduced construction schedule translates into less exposure around work zones improving safety. Idaho has adopted GRS-IBS as a focus for the state. LHTAC will collect information from the workshop and site visit to compile “Best Management Practices for GRS-IBS Bridge Construction” material to distribute to locals in the future. (more…)
The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) provides an important linkage between Local Highway Jurisdictions (LHJs) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) in the utilization of Federal-aid highway funds available to the LHJs in Idaho. These quarterly progress reports include the status listing of current and upcoming LHTAC projects for each district.
ITD is taking alternative transportation project applications for FY2017 TAP-Safety. This is a special one-time application.
The Idaho Transportation Department is now soliciting applications through the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP). The intent of this solicitation is aimed at reducing Fatal and Serious Injury (Type A) crashes that involve pedestrians and bicyclists through infrastructure improvements. The Department has received a one-time amount of approximately $1.4M to put towards this effort. Eligibility for these one-time funds is based on the number of Fatal and Serious Injury (Type A) crashes per jurisdiction using five year crash data from 2011 to 2015. (more…)
Drive Safely Work Week – October 3-7, 2016
Driver behavior contributes to 94 out of every 100 traffic crashes in the U.S. according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Research tells us that an important first step toward changing a risky behavior is to begin to think actively about the need to change the behavior.
That’s what the 2016 Drive Safely Work Week campaign is about: Raising self-awareness and motivating positive change. (more…)