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State-Wide Virtual Safety Fest

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SAVE THE DATES—March 9-11, 2021

Safety Fest of the Great Northwest will be on its 16th year of FREE training conferences around the state. 

Safety Fest is typically held at 6 locations across Idaho: Post Falls, Boise, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Pocatello, and Lewiston.

The upcoming 2021 event will be completely virtual. All 6 local events are joining together to offer 3 full days of classes.

Stay tuned for more details coming soon!

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Save-the-Date Flyer (PDF)

Work Zone Safety – Instructor Led Training (Online)

Posted & filed under T2 News.

PURPOSE: This class provides training to local agency personnel for their daily labor and maintenance activities.

TOPICS COVERED: Traffic control devices, traffic control plans, and work zone safety.

LENGTH: 1.5 Hours

PDH’s: 1.5

Instructor: Juan Pava (IDOT) and Dean Mentjes (FHWA)

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MUTCD Notice of Proposed Revisions

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

The long-awaited proposed revisions to the national MUTCD are finally out. The public inspection document is available at the following link and it will be official and open for public comment starting on Monday for 90 days.

https://www.federalregister.gov/public-inspection/2020-26789/national-standards-for-traffic-control-devices-manual-on-uniform-traffic-control-devices-for-streets

Public Inspection: National Standards for Traffic Control Devices: Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways; Revision

Rebuilding bridges

Posted & filed under LHTAC News.

Span built in 1919 will be replaced early next year

Article from the Lewiston Tribune 12/7/2020

By Joel Mills, of the Tribune 

Nez Perce County’s effort to replace the century-old Cherrylane Bridge has spanned almost two decades, but construction is finally set to begin early next year.

One of the biggest holdups has been the cost, with estimates higher than $20 million at some points. The county won a $15.75 million federal grant in 2018 after five years of unsuccessful applications, leaving officials to look for other funding sources to cover the rest of the cost.

The final engineer’s estimate from the state Local Highway Technical Assistance Council came in at $16,195,348. And when the project was presented to potential contractors, the low bid came in at $15,792,205 from Cascade Bridge LLC of Vancouver, Wash., about $403,000 under the estimate.

Full Article HERE

 

State-Wide Virtual Safety Fest March 9-11, 2021

Posted & filed under T2 News.

Safety Fest is typically held at 6 locations across Idaho: Post Falls, Boise, Idaho Falls, Twin Falls, Pocatello, and Lewiston.

LHTAC historically has been the event host for the Pocatello event and has sat on the executive planning committee for the Boise Safety Fest.

These 3-4 day conferences provide safety and health training to the Northwest Region’s front line workers while gearing classes towards the transportation and construction industry.

Local highway jurisdictions and any business looking to improve the safety performance of their employees are encouraged to attend.

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