Meeting yesterday in Pocatello, the Idaho Transportation Board selected 27 projects, totaling $46.8 million, to complete in 2016 with funding from the recently approved gas tax and registration fee increases that lawmakers passed ruing their regular session this year. You can see the full list here; all involve either bridge or pavement restoration or preservation.  "We are now accelerating critical projects more rapidly from the long list of needs,” said ITD Board Chairman Jerry Whitehead. “This is an important beginning to preserve our system by replacing and preserving our bridges, as well as our pavements, and keeping Idaho's economy and citizens moving"/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

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