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P.O. Box 7129
Boise, ID 83707
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The Idaho Transportation Board and ITD's executive team wish all employees a safe and enjoyable Christmas. Thank you for your invaluable service the past year and for making travel safer and more enjoyable throughout Idaho. We look forward to the challenges and opportunities that a new year will bring.


Note: Because of the Christmas and New Year holidays, The Transporter will not be published until Friday, Jan., 12.

Hearts and hands for service
Sen. Mike Crapo
You may have heard about the Boise woman who recently gained national attention for her organization, Chefs to the Rescue, that distributes food to the hungry in the Treasure Valley Formerly homeless and a mother of five, Sue Cobley took a difficult personal situation and turned it into a blessing for others in the same plight.
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McHugh approaches second retirement

The year was 1995. John McHugh had just retired from 38 years as a successful certified public accountant in Coeur d’Alene. He had time on his hands and was looking for a place to spend it. Gov. Phil Batt had openings to fill. Among them was a six-year term on the Idaho Transportation Board.
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Employment 'odometer' passes 100,000 and keeps rolling

Car owners often know exactly when and where the odometer on their cherished auto rolls past the 100,000-mile mark; it’s a milestone worth noting… and celebrating. Much rarer in today’s workplace is documenting the time and place your employment odometer passes 100,000 hours – the equivalent of nearly 48 years of service. Terry Jacobsen watched the six digits come and go in September, on an otherwise routine day in the District 5 materials testing lab.
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Seat belt usage rate unchanged in 2006
Nationwide, seat belt use remained statistically unchanged but motorcycle helmet use rose slightly in 2006, according to a newly released study by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Data from the National Occupant Protection Use Survey (NOPUS) showed that seat belt use in the U.S. now stands at 81 percent, down slightly from the 2005 rate of 82 percent.
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Draft of STIP available
Limited copies of ITD’s five-year construction guide – the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) are available to preview, although it still awaits federal approval. The STIP, a spiral-bound publication about the size of a telephone book, identifies approximately $1 billion in transportation-related projects planned for construction through the year 2011.
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