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10-28-5
Board
names consultant to manage GARVEE program
The Idaho Transportation Board Thursday selected
the joint proposal of Washington Group International/CH2M
HILL to manage the most comprehensive transportation
construction program in Idaho history.
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 Turn
back the hands of time
Remember that hour of
sleep you begrudgingly donated last spring when
most of the nation moved to Daylight Saving Time?
The time to reclaim it is in the predawn hours this
Sunday – at exactly 2 a.m. – when we
set clocks back one hour and revert to standard
time.
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Drive
safely and avoid goblins
This Halloween weekend is an occasion for drivers
to take extra care not only for young trick-or-treaters,
but also for their friends, their family and themselves.
Even though the holiday will fall on a Monday this
year, Halloween parties and activities will be under
way through the entire weekend - for both children
and adults.
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 ITD's
Koon helps in aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina
Cathy
Koon, public information specialist
for ITD’s District 6 office
in Rigby, was among the volunteers
providing assistance to hurricane
Mississippi as part of a cooperative
emergency compact. Mike Keckler, from
the Idaho Department of Water Resources,
and Jaime Fuhrman, Idaho Department
of Health and Welfare, also helped
with communications efforts.
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 ITD
nears end of transition to AMS Advantage
The
implementation the department’s
new financial, human resources and
procurement system (ITD Advantage)
is on the verge of completion. The
human resources component of the system
went live Monday (Oct. 24) and will
be followed immediately by the phased
use of electronic timesheets beginning
Nov. 7.
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 District
2 introduces children to winter road
equipment
District
2 maintenance personnel are taking
their safety lessons on the road,
even though their target audience
won’t be eligible for drivers’
licenses for more than a decade. A
program for elementary school students
introduce work zone and snowplow safety
to third- and fourth-graders with
the hopes the children will pass their
knowledge along to parents before
wintertime driving arrives.
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Public
transportation, airport to benefit from federal
bill
The
U.S. Senate last week cleared the Fiscal Year 2006
Treasury-Transportation-HUD appropriations bill.
It will significantly change the match requirements
for local and state providers of public transportation
and allocates nearly $12 million for airport, public
transit and community development projects in Idaho.
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