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6-9-06
 Gov.
Risch appoints Frank Bruneel as board chair
Gov. Jim Risch announced last week the appointment of
former Lewiston legislator Frank Bruneel as chair of
the Idaho Transportation Board. The appointment was
effective Thursday (June 9). He replaces Charles Winder
who held the position since 1995.
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Districts send best to State Roadeo Tuesday
Heavy equipment and dump truck jockeys
from throughout Idaho will assemble Tuesday (June 13)
at Dworshak Dam near Orofino for the annual ITD Truck
Roadeo. The event tests skills of drivers in maneuvering
equipment through an obstacle course and diagnosing
“planted” equipment problems. The competition
will be at the Dworshak Dam parking lot next to the
boat launches.
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 Council
to direct new 511 generation
A partnership of key
state and private organizations met last month in Boise
to make recommendations to the Idaho Transportation Board
on future improvements to ITD’s 511 traveler services
system. The Traveler Services System Advisory Council
will provide critical review of the system’s information
and delivery and help set priorities for improvements
to the system.
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Improvements considered for 511 system
In order to make a good system better the Traveler Services
System Advisory Council already is planning ahead and
considering even more improvements to the 511 traveler
services system.
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 Idaho's
plate full of technology
Honoring science
and technology developments by Idaho entrepreneurs and
innovators, the state’s newest specialty license
plate went on sale Friday (June 9). The Idaho Commerce
& Labor’s Office of Science and Technology will
use proceeds from sales of the specialty plate for programs
to attract science and technology companies to locate
or to expand their operations in Idaho.
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 ITD
employees explore new ways of commuting
Leaving
their individual cars parked at home, 64 ITD employees
walked, biked, rode a bus, joined a car pool, or caught
one of the valley’s Communteride vans to work during
the annual May in Motion alternative transportation promotion
held last month in the Treasure Valley.
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 Follow
doctor's orders carefully
It is sometimes necessary for you to see a physician when
sick or injured and you may come away with a prescription
for medication. When these medications are taken carefully,
appropriately and as prescribed, the odds of successfully
treating, and in some cases curing, a particular illness
increase.
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 Interstate
highway system showing age, stress
Half a century after its creation, the nation's interstate
highway system is at a crossroads.
The 46,800-mile network of roadways, bridges and tunnels
– built under the far-reaching law President Eisenhower
signed on June 29, 1956 – is succumbing to the stresses
of heavy use faster than money is being spent to upgrade
it, transportation experts and lawmakers say.
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