30th Street Specific Area Plan, Main Street to State Street
Sponsor: City of Boise and Ada County Highway District
Status: Ongoing in 2010

Preparation of the 30 th Street Area Master Plan was prompted by the City of Boise's 2005 request to the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) to delay concept design plans for the 30th Street Extension. The roadway project will provide a new north-south connection from State Street to Fairview Avenue. The planning process allowed the City, ACHD, stakeholders, and citizens to craft and draft a plan integrating the proposed roadway design with planned land uses. The Master Plan includes mixed housing types, infill housing, mixed-use development, and designated activity centers. The policies have been included in Blueprint Boise as of February 16, 2010.

 

Access Management Toolkit (9MB)
Source: COMPASS
Status: Completed, 2007

The Board adopted the Access Management Toolkit as part of a grant received from the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) and the Federal Transit Administrations (FTA). Additional tasks include assisting member agencies in using adopting portions of the guidebook, and assisting member agencies in coordinating access permits.

 

ACHD Capital Improvements Plan
Sponsor: Ada County Highway District
Status: Completed every three years

The Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) is a more strategic document that indicates projects that are anticipated to be needed in the next 20 years based on traffic demand models and assumptions on growth patterns. While the CIP lists project years and funding estimates, this is largely a planning document and the projects will be further refined as they move onto the Five-Year Work Plan and undergo greater analysis. The Plan was last updated in 2006.

 

Ada County Roundabout Policy Study, Including Amity Road Corridor Roundabout Concept Study
Sponsor: Ada County Highway District
Status: Adopted by ACHD Commission in 2008

Study will develop roundabout feasibility and design guidelines for Ada County (Pending). The Amity portion of the study was identified in Communities in Motion as a key corridor between Nampa and Ada County. ACHD adopted a study in early 2008, which determined appropriate roundabout locations to complement planned roundabouts in Nampa.

 

Airport/Overland Realignment Study
Sponsor: ACHD and the City of Nampa
Status: Ongoing in 2010

Study aims to extend Airport Road in Nampa to Overland Road in Ada County.

Blueprint for Good Growth
Sponsors: COMPASS and Consortium of Ada County government entities
Status: Ongoing in 2010

The project involves development of tools and policies to coordinate growth and transportation needs in Ada County. This study will be coordinated with, and complementary to, the update to Communities in Motion, the Regional Long-Range Transportation Plan prepared by COMPASS concurrent with this project. There will be no duplication of services between this project and Communities in Motion. See project web page for updates. 

 

Bowmont Road Corridor Study, SH 45 to Canyon/Ada County Line
Sponsor: Nampa Highway District
Status: Ongoing 2010

Identified in Communities in Motion as a future regional corridor that connects SH-45 to the ACHD Kuna-Mora Corridor. NHD will examine long-term function of the road to determine preferred alignments, setbacks and access management standards, in concert with planned land uses. A major portion of the study includes identification of alignments near the County line to connect to ACHD's Kuna-Mora Corridor and to McDermott Road which is also identified Communities in Motion as a major corridor and potential expressway.

 

City of Middleton Master Transportation Plan
Sponsor: City of Middleton and Canyon Highway District #4
Status: Completed August 2007

The Master Transportation Plan provides guidelines for future transportation project developments and programs and assists the City in achieving goals and objectives in the City's Comprehensive Plan.  The MTP plays a vital role in determining how the City and surrounding areas will grow and accommodate growth in the future.

 

Cloverdale Road Concept Design
Sponsor: Ada County Highway District
Status: Ongoing

The Cloverdale Concept Design will identify alternatives to improve mobility in west Boise, specifically from Chinden Blvd (US 20/26) to Interstate 84, to address: safety, pedestrian and bicycle facilities, parallel routes, accommodation for future demand, and ACHD’s Safe Route to School Program. Began in 2007, the study was placed on hold while ACHD completed a broader evaluation of north-south roadways in the West Bench area – The West Bench Circulation Study. The Cloverdale Concept Design resumed in summer of 2008.