6/19/2020

District 2
Orofino says goodbye to longtime foreman Blake Thompson
Orofino Maintenance Foreman Blake Thompson is retiring on June 25, after nearly 38 years on the job. His decades of service began at the Lucile shed, just a few minutes away from his hometown of Grangeville.
Continue

Essential
Economic Opportunity: ITD and FHWA Support the Unspoken Essential Workers of Highway Construction during COVID-19
Idaho was sitting pretty. But that was before COVID-19. With skyrocketing unemployment statewide, ITD and the Federal Highway Administration are doing their part to support our own essential workers: the highway construction industry.
Continue

Safety Corner
Moscow Underpass headlines more than $10M in projects statewide supporting walking/biking
A pedestrian underpass project in Moscow, Idaho scored the highest in the recent batch of walking/biking projects across the state recommended by the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) Project Recommendation Committee. The Moscow project was the headline recipient as the TAP program committed more than $10 million of improvements to locations statewide over the next three years.
Continue

Adapting
EOTP: Same program, new look
From the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, ITD’s Training and Development division shifted their training tactics. Their most recent undertaking? Heavy equipment training.
Continue

Crosstraining
From office to field
It’s the middle of winter, mid-week, and you’ve been dealing with customer complaints the last several weeks, as roads have been intermittently closed due to severe winter weather. You field yet another comment from a local business regarding potholes. You take the complaint and let the maintenance foreman in that area know about it, so they can schedule repairs. This happens often to anyone who answers the phones in the front offices, and in particular to Wendy Seckel of District 5.  
Continue

Employees
ITD's MVPs
ITD employees have an avenue to share their appreciation for the assistance and guidance of colleagues. Recognition and acknowledgement can be an essential component of job satisfaction. These are the MVP cards submitted by employees recently:
Continue

Career Development
ITD Jobs
The current list of job openings may help inform employees of the career choices available to them that make ITD a great place to work. It also may assist in external recruitment when looking for the best candidates.
Continue