12/6/2019
REMINDER: ITD to open Northgate Interchange with ceremony today at 11 a.m.
POCATELLO - The Idaho Transportation Department will hold a Grand Opening for the new Interstate 15 Northgate Interchange in Pocatello today (Dec. 6) at 11 a.m. The interchange will officially open to traffic this afternoon after the site is cleaned.
The Grand Opening will begin with a welcome from ITD District 5 Engineer Todd Hubbard. Comments will follow from: Farhana Hibbert, regional director for Senator Mike Crapo; Scott Bedke, Speaker of the House of Idaho House of Representatives; Buck Swaney, representing Millennial Development Partners; Bannock County Commissioner Steve Brown; Chubbuck Mayor Kevin England and Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad.
Following the brief ceremony, mayor Blad and mayor England will drive across the interchange deck.
Parking is available at the Portneuf Wellness Complex, 10588 Fairgrounds Road. Shuttle service will be provided to and from the event.
The project is the result of a unique public-private partnership, the first of its kind in Idaho. Just three years after the agreement was signed, the interchange is complete and ready to open.
The total project, which provides a new entrance to northeast Pocatello and adjacent Chubbuck, represents an investment of roughly $31 million, including connecting roads and infrastructure.