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FY2021 to FY2027 Draft for Public Comment - July 2020 Idaho Transportation Department Investment Program US 95, Northern Idaho TABLE OF CONTENTS Background Information and How to Submit Comments The Idaho Transportation Investment Program (ITIP) . .. .. 1 How to Submit Comments . .. .. .. 1 ITIP Development Calendar . .. .. .. 1 ITIP Development Participants . .. .. .. 2 Project Selection . .. .. .. .. 2 Program Priorities . .. .. .. 2 STIP Format. .. .. 3 Air Quality and Conformity ................................................ 4 Federal Funding, FAST Act ................................................ 4 Funding Assumptions/Forecasts ........................................... 4 References to MPO Transportation Improvement Programs . .. 5 Draft Program and Project List Idaho Transportation Investment Program, FY21 to FY27 . .. .. 7 Grouped Project FHWA Control Totals . .. .. 8 Program Name Abbreviations . .. .. .. 9 Fund Source Abbreviations ............................................... 10 District 1 Projects . .. .. .. 11 District 2 Projects . .. .. .. 27 District 3 Projects . .. .. .. 40 District 4 Projects . .. .. .. 54 District 5 Projects ....................................................... 71 District 6 Projects . .. .. .. 82 Statewide Projects ..... .. ..................................... 96 Indian Reservation Roads Program ....................................... 108 The Idaho Transportation Investment Program The Idaho Transportation Investment Program (ITIP)is a multi-modal program that includes highways, bridges, public transportation, railroads, aviation, and non-motorized transportation. Idaho’s state and local transportation systems are a network of cross-jurisdictional routes that require cooperation, coordination, and continuous planning to operate, maintain, and improve. The Idaho Transportation Department is providing this draft of the FY21 to FY27 ITIP to allow transportation agencies and the public to review and provide comments on the program. The ITIP’s federal document format meets the requirements of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST), the law that provides federal funding for transportation projects to move people and freight. In compliance with the FAST Act,this draft ITIP is fiscally constrained and includes at least four years of projects in compliance with 23CFR 450.218. How to Submit Comments To submit comments on the ITIP, please use one of the following methods: • On Line: Click on the map on the right side of the draft program web page. The following page will have a "Submit Comments" button at its upper left. itd.idaho.gov/funding/?target=draft-itip • Mail: Idaho Transportation Department ITIP Comments Attention Aubrie Spence Office of Communications P.O. Box 7129 Boise, ID 83707-1129 If you have questions regarding this document, please contact Aubrie Spence via email at [email protected] or call (208) 334-8119. FY 2021 to 2027 Draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program - July 2020 1 ITIP Development Participants Project Selection The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) ITD uses road and bridge management systems to refines federal and state funding estimates in select projects that: January, based on the annual revenue forecast published in August. In January, ITD also provides • Optimize current and projected funding levels the funding estimates to metropolitan planning organizations, the Local Highway Technical • Support federally funded local transportation Assistance Council (LHTAC), and ITD’s six agency plans and programs district offices. • Address system priorities In June, ITD submits a draft ITIP, including all state and local projects, to the Idaho Transportation • Achieve system-performance goals Board for review. Teams of experienced engineers and planners In July, ITD provides the draft ITIP to state and assist in the project-selection process by: local agencies, transportation stakeholders, and the public for comment. The department takes these • Analyzing road and bridge data provided by comments into consideration as it finalizes the management systems ITIP in August. The Idaho Transportation Board approves the final ITIP in September. • Determining specific program objectives In November, ITD submits the ITIP Federal • Establishing engineering requirements for Approval Document to the Federal Highway projects that achieve objectives Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for approval as Idaho’s • Making recommendations to management on FY2021-FY2027 Statewide Transportation funding levels required to meet objectives Improvement Program or STIP. • Balancing program budgets with available revenue The STIP includes references to the Transportation Improvement Programs for Idaho’s five Program Priorities metropolitan planning areas rather than duplicating The ITIP’s priorities support the safety, mobility, those projects in the STIP. and economic opportunity goals identified in the department’s strategic plan. The department: Construction on new ITIP projects can begin following FHWA approval. The Environmental • Is committed to providing facilities that enable Protection Agency has a 30-day review and the safe movement of people and goods. Safety comment period that typically is concurrent with is considered in all transportation activities, the FHWA and FTA review. investments, and decision-making processes. FY 2021 to 2027 Draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program - July 2020 2 • Promotes accessible, affordable, and convenient STIP Format transportation choices for the movement of The department, the FHWA, and Idaho's people and goods. metropolitan planning organizations have agreed on the following improvements to make the STIP • Strives to keep the transportation infrastructure approval process more efficient. These in good repair and ensure uninterrupted service. improvements are authorized by 23 CFR450.218, Planning Assistance Standards. • Applies resources to maintain, improve, and expand routes and services that contribute to the • Routine highway projects are grouped by the year state’s economic vitality. of expenditure and by important types or geographic areas to highlight investment priorities. • Uses integrated management systems to ensure The grouped investment totals also serve as the transportation investments align with Idaho's basis for federal approval of the STIP, allowing transportation vision. the federal funding of future projects eligible for the investment groups. ITD strategically targets investments that improve safety, enhance mobility, and provide economic • For a complete list of projects including grouped opportunity. Idaho’s Safety & Capacity Program and MPO projects (includes projects sorted in contains these projects. They are funded with various ways for customer use), see the draft ITIP federal Highway Safety Improvement Program web page at the location below: funds. They are funded by the federal Highway itd.idaho.gov/funding/?target=draft-itip Safety Improvement Program, National Highway Performance Program, the Transportation • Highway projects are listed individually only if Expansion and Congestion Mitigation Program, they meet one or more of the following criteria: and state funds. - The project requires special reporting due to In March 2017, the Idaho Transportation Board the funding source. reviewed scenarios for pavement and bridge condition with various funding levels based on - The project requires an environmental their impact on the percent of pavement and clearance more in-depth than the minimal bridges that are in good or fair condition. categorical exclusion, such as projects with right-of-way needs. After reviewing the trade-offs between these funding levels and their effect on performance - The project may impact air quality and requires measures, the board approved for FY22 forward a additional analysis within certain metropolitan funding increase for safety and capacity (safety, planning areas. mobility, and economic opportunity) to $80 million annually, reduced pavement funding to - The department or an MPO believes the project $103 million, and reduced bridge funding to $80 warrants individual attention by local officials million annually. and stakeholders. FY 2021 to 2027 Draft Idaho Transportation Investment Program - July 2020 3 • Because investment groups have not yet been regional long-range transportation plans that take Idaho’s Transportation Alternatives Program established for public transportation and into consideration air quality conformity issues by is populated through FY21 with projects for aeronautics projects, they are listed individually. creating plans focusing on various transportation bike and pedestrian facilities, Safe Routes to corridors, pathways, public transportation systems, School projects, Americans with Disabilities Air Quality and Conformity and transportation system management elements. Act projects, and projects for the historic The Clean Air Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 7506(c))requires preservation or rehabilitation of transportation that all federally funded plans, programs, and projects Federal Funding, FAST Act facilities. Additionally, funding is reserved for in non-attainment or maintenance areas conform to the The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation FY24 through FY27 in this program. Plan for the Control of Air Pollution in the State of Act (FAST), Public Law No. 114-94, the current Idaho, commonly known as the State Implementation federal transportation authorization act,became Though no specific