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BOISE - Public meetings are scheduled the week of Sept. 27 to gather comment on what kinds of highway improvements should be made in north-central Idaho, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.

 

The meetings are part of corridor studies being done that will help guide the management of highways in that region of Idaho during the next 10 years. Potential improvements could include new passing and turning lanes, intersection upgrades, bicycle lanes and stabilizing hillsides to reduce rockfall.

 

Routes being studied are U.S. 95 from Adams County to Benewah County, Idaho 8 from the Washington state line to Troy, U.S. 12 from Lewiston to the Clearwater Forest boundary (east of Kooskia), and the low-volume/narrow roads of Idaho 3, Idaho 6, Idaho 7, Idaho 8, Idaho 9, Idaho 11, Idaho 13, Idaho 14, Idaho 62, Idaho 64, Idaho 66, Idaho 99, Idaho 128 and Idaho 162.

 

Those interested in attending the meetings may stop in any time between 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. Transportation department staff members will be available to answer questions. Comments received from these meetings will be added to previous comments and will be used to finalize a list of recommended improvements to include in the draft plan for each corridor. Draft plans will be available for review and comment by the public later this fall, before being finalized this winter.

 

Meeting schedule:

 

Grangeville: Monday, Sept. 27: Grangeville City Hall Council Chambers, 225 W. North Street

 

Craigmont: Tuesday, Sept. 28: Craigmont City Hall Council Chambers, 109 East Main Street

 

Moscow: Wednesday, Sept. 29: Moscow City Hall Council Chambers, 206 East 3rd Street

 

Kamiah: Thursday, Sept. 30: Kamiah Fire Department, 515 Main Street

 

Riggins: Monday, Oct. 4: Riggins Heritage Center, 109 S. Main Street

 

Each meeting will include information on all of the highway routes being studied.

 

For additional information on the corridor studies, contact Ken Helm, Idaho Transportation Department project manager, at D2CorridorContact@itd.idaho.gov or by phone at (208) 799-5090. This Web address - www.itd.idaho.gov/Projects/D2/D2CorridorStudies - also has information on the corridor studies.