ITD seeks input on highway project

SAGLE — Highway mile by highway mile, the Idaho Transportation Department is working to improve U.S. 95 in the Sagle area.

Toward that end, the Idaho Transportation Department is hosting a public meeting Wednesday, Oct. 16, to present updated plans for improving the highway between Dufort Road and Lakeshore Drive.

The meeting is the latest effort by ITD officials to share upcoming plans for the highway as well as to garner public input on how it should address growth, congestion and safety along the increasingly busy roadway.

Project information will be on display between 4 and 7 p.m. at Sagle Elementary, located at 550 Sagle Road. Community members are invited to stop by and speak with the project staff at any time during those hours.

Identical information and comment forms will be available online from Oct. 16-31 at itdprojects.idaho.gov/pages/us-95-dufort-to-lakeshore.

“We have updated our preferred concept based on continued engineering work and community input,” Project Manager CarrieAnn Hewitt said. “We appreciate the community’s interest in this project and the feedback we have received so far.”

Since the last public meeting in the fall of 2023, the project team has updated design plans to include widening U.S. 95, building interchanges, constructing underpasses, and updating the frontage road network.

ITD’s plans for U.S. 95 build on two extensive environmental studies from 1999 and 2010 between Garwood and the Long Bridge. Both studies have resulted in numerous construction projects since then.

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