Nick Veldhouse has been hired as the new executive director of the Idaho Association of Highway Districts.

The group represents and promotes the interests of 64 Idaho highway districts that are members.

Veldhouse was previously a vice president of the North Idaho Discovery Association, a non-profit group supporting STEM education. From 2004 through mid-2015, he was an agent and principal for Allstate Multi-Line Insurance Agency of Boise and Meridian. He has a bachelor’s degree in management from Boise State University and MBA from Northwest Nazarene University.

Already this winter many locations in Idaho have received historic amounts of precipitation, much of it as snowfall. Along with this precipitation have been weeks of unseasonable cold with several days of rainfall in between.  What does this winter’s harsh conditions mean for the spring?  We should prepare to deal with unprecedented levels of pavement breakup.

As your organization undoubtedly continues to struggle through the season with these challenges, consideration must be given now as to how best to protect your system during the coming spring thaw.   (more…)