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Historic Local Transportation Funding Passes Legislature

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The Legislature has approved S1359, which allocates $210 million for local transportation.

Leading Idaho Local Bridge Program

The biggest portion of that funding is dedicated to repair or replace local bridges. The program will be called the Leading Idaho Local Bridge Program (LILBP). The goal is to address one-third of the 428 local bridges in poor condition or posted for load weight limits.

Click here for a map of poor and/or posted bridges

LHTAC is developing the application for the Program. The selection process will be primarily driven by data collected through bridge inspection reports. These reports are generated by ITD or its approved inspectors following certified national standards. In the application, cities will be asked what the impact of repairing or replacing a bridge will have for their community.

The goal of the application is to be transparent and simple enough that Local Highway Jurisdictions can complete the application with their own resources and staff.

Child Pedestrian Safety Program

The bill also allocates $10 million for the Children Pedestrian Safety Program. This program funds improvements for children pedestrian projects, which typically include sidewalk, pathways, or improved crosswalks near schools. LHTAC announced the recipients of the FY21 CPS funding last month.

LHTAC will announce the process for applying and receiving this additional funding later this year.

2021 Child Ped Safety Projects Selected

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The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council and Idaho Transportation Board have selected eight projects to receive a collective $2 million to complete projects improving the transportation facilities for children pedestrians. The winning projects are:
Challis, 9th Street Sidewalk

  • American Falls, Bannock Sidewalk Improvements
  • Horseshoe Bend, Child Pedestrian Sidewalk and Safe Crossing Project
  • Athol, SH-54 RRFBs & Menser Ave. Sidewalk
  • Moscow, Mountain View Corridor
  • Clark Fork, N. Main Street Sidewalk Projects
  • Inkom, Rapid Creek/Roosevelt Sidewalk
  • Fruitland, S. Iowa Ave, SW 3rd St. to SW 7th St.

The $2 million funding for these projects come from a state budget surplus in fiscal year 2021. The Legislature approved the funding with House Bill 308, which Governor Little signed on March 23, 2021.

Click here for a full list of projects approved for funding and unfunded applications

 Future CPS funding proposed

Governor Brad Little’s 2022 budget proposal includes one-time funds of $10 million for children pedestrian safety (CPS) projects. This is one part of the governor’s Leading Idaho with Transportation plan.

JFAC unanimously supported the funds on Friday, February 18th. In the coming weeks a bill will be drafted for legislative consideration that will include the $10 million CPS funding.

Gov. Little’s Leading Idaho proposal also includes $200 million one-time funds for local bridge repair and replacement.

LHTAC Annual Report FY21

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The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) in accordance with Title 40-2404, Idaho Code, provided copies of our Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report to members of the Idaho House and Senate Transportation Committees.

Download and Read the Full Report

Delivered to the Statehouse: February 17, 2022

December 2021 Quarterly Progress Reports

Posted & filed under LHTAC News, Reports.

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.