2/20/2018
Idaho Transportation Department seeks public comment on long-range transportation plan
BOISE - The Idaho Transportation Department is hosting two public meetings in early March on a plan that identifies how future funding, technology, demographics and economics will shape transportation in Idaho to the year 2040.
The meetings will be at 3:00 p.m. and at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 7, at the Targhee Regional Public Transportation Authority, 1810 W. Broadway in Idaho Falls.
Public input will help the department update its Long-Range Transportation Plan: IDAGO 2040. The 3:00 p.m. meeting will gather feedback from professional stakeholders involved in transportation issues. The 6:00 p.m. meeting will gather comments from the general public.
At the 3:00 p.m., attendees will work with the transportation department on scenario planning exercises that will help bring a consensus among professionals in transportation planning and related fields on how future funding, technology, demographics and economics will impact and shape transportation in Idaho to the year 2040. Members of the public will then be given an opportunity to provide feedback on the scenario planning results from the stakeholders that participated in the meeting earlier in the day. The public also can submit comments or suggestions on subjects not covered by the scenario planning results.
Similar meetings will be held throughout Idaho.
Public comments and input are important to the planning effort. The transportation department is offering an online public opinion survey that will go live on Monday, March 5. Please visit https://itd.idaho.gov/planning and click on the Long-Range Transportation Plan tab on March 5 and thereafter to participate in the survey. The same web address can be visited for additional information on the long-range plan.
Those with questions about the long-range plan, meetings or online survey can contact Ken Kanownik at lrtp@itd.idaho.gov or at (208) 332-7823.