Idaho Transportation Board member Monte McClure, of the Treasure Valley, launched a last-minute push to remove the area's Vista Interchange from the federal stimulus funding list, saying it could be funded with GARVEE bonds and the $40 million-plus for that project could go to something else. But when other board members said it was too late to make such changes, a day before the department's proposals to the governor are due, he backed off, and the plan passed with a unanimous vote.
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