A gubernatorial committee on autonomous vehicles has issued a draft report recommending Idaho allow their testing and deployment, but with sidebars to ensure roadways remain safe for everyone, including pedestrians and bicyclists. The most recent meeting, held on Oct. 16, ...

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Eighty-mile-an-hour clear sailing should return in the next week or two on Interstate 84 across the Magic Valley. Much of the last year and a half has seen 70 mph limits and, since July, just 65 mph on two-lane, two-way ...

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The most expensive part of installing fiber optic cabling to provide high-speed broadband internet to a community is the hole. Because entities such as roads, utilities and irrigation districts regularly dig up the ground anyway, some people are calling for ...

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Demolition and construction of a new Cloverdale Road bridge over Interstate 84 is expected to go out for bid Oct. 1, an Idaho Department of Transportation official said. The ambition is to demolish the fire-damaged bridge in mid to late ...

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Construction to widen Interstate 84 in Nampa to three lanes between Franklin Boulevard and Karcher Road should start sometime in October after an Aug. 29 confirmation of a $90.2 million federal grant. This $150 million projects widens another 2.8 miles ...

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Caldwell Industrial Airport, Idaho’s busiest, has won a $2.148 million federal Airport Improvement Program grant to replace its 31-year-old cracking asphalt runway. The Federal Aviation Administration announced the grant June 8 as part of a $677 million program that awarded ...

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A $90.24 million federal grant may come Idaho’s way to fund a large share of widening Interstate 84 in Nampa. The Idaho Transportation Department and Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho were notified that the region was in line for ...

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Traffic headaches will multiply in downtown Nampa as the Idaho Department of Transportation repaves or reconstructs several main arteries, including all four sides of Library Square. This will add to the street reconstruction already underway by the city of Nampa ...

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Autonomous vehicles are “knocking on our door” and Idaho needs to be ready, said Brian Ness, director of the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD), after the first meeting of a working group on the subject on May 30. The Autonomous and ...

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Formal suggestions to make the Front and Myrtle commuter corridor in downtown Boise more pedestrian- and bicycle-friendly will be submitted to the Idaho Transportation Department in summer, a city official said. These suggestions are the outgrowth of a 2017 alternatives ...

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