Transportation board to consider transferring 1.4 miles of U.S. 95
The Transportation Board’s subcommittee on Adjustments to the State Highway Systems recently learned of District 3’s efforts to relinquish some highway miles from the state system. Subcommittee members have been encouraging staff to transfer roads that don’t function as state highways to appropriate local jurisdictions.
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The city of Payette has agreed to assume jurisdiction of the 1.4-mile U.S. 95 Spur in exchange for the department’s funding of a new traffic signal at the U.S. 95 and Idaho 52 intersection. The subcommittee gave preliminary approval to proceed with the transaction. It will meet before Wednesday’s board meeting at Headquarters in Boise to act on the final agreement.
Assuming approval of the transfer by the subcommittee, the full board will consider the proposal at its monthly business meeting, which begins at 8 a.m. in the auditorium.
Other board agenda items
Statewide Road Weather Information System (RWIS) installation
ITD staff will ask the board to remove intelligent transportation system (ITS) projects from the Safety Program to fund a road-weather information system (RWIS) project.
RWIS is a component of ITS technology. It gathers road and weather data from sensors and broadcasts the information. RWIS has increased in priority to collect and broadcast information necessary for success of the department’s winter maintenance program. Staff members recommend de-emphasizing other ITS initiatives, such as dynamic message signs and highway advisory radio, to fund a second phase of RWIS. If the transportation board concurs, the Statewide Road Weather Information System installation, Phase 2, will be funded for $450,000 in FY12.
Trucking Advisory Council members
The board will be asked to approve members for the newly created Trucking Advisory Council. A news release was issued throughout the state in October seeking applications for the council.
The new council was established to assist and advise the board on issues related to the trucking industry, such as safety, mobility and freight transportation policies. The seven-member council is composed of one member from each ITD district, plus a chairperson who is selected from the state at-large.
The Division of Motor Vehicles will provide administrative support to the council.
Other items
Some of the other items on the board’s agenda include visiting the Business and Support Management Section at Headquarters, an overview on how speed limits are established and the Division of Aeronautics annual report.
Published 1-13-2012