State Highway 16 Improvement Study
Sponsor: Idaho Transportation Department
Status: Complete August 2005

Scope of this work is to complete a concept report and environmental document in order to allow right of way acquisition. The study includes an access management plan with frontage and backage roads. The highway will eventually accommodate four through lanes of traffic. Right of way will be purchased and construction will be broken down into segments as future funding is available. Right of way acquisition has started.  GARVEE funding of upgrade facility to freeway section will require additional work.

Questions should be directed to the Idaho Transportation Department at 334-8300.

 

State Highway 16, I-84 to South Emmett Corridor Study
Sponsor: Idaho Transportation Department
Status: Expected completion in 2008

Idaho 16, I-84 to South Emmett State Highway 16, or Idaho 16, is the main north-south route from Gem County to the Treasure Valley. As western Ada County and eastern Canyon County develop, the ability to move traffic north-south is a primary concern. The Connecting Idaho project in this corridor will provide a vital north-south link in the Treasure Valley between I-84 and Idaho 16. Work on the corridor includes: The Idaho 16, I-84 to South Emmett is a corridor study that will investigate potential options for connecting Idaho 16 with I-84 between Nampa and Meridian.

 

State Highway 19 Corridor Plan
Sponsor: Idaho Transportation Department
Status: To begin in 2008

Provide a corridor plan for SH 19 between the City of Wilder and the City of Caldwell. More details will be added as they become available.

 

State Highway 21 Corridor Plan
Sponsors: Idaho Transportation Department
Status: To begin in 2010

Provide a corridor plan for SH 19 between the City of Boise and the City of Lowman. More details will be added as they become available.

 

State Highway 44 Corridor Preservation Study
Sponsors: COMPASS and the Idaho Transportation Department
Status: Ongoing, expected completion: June 2009

The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) are working together to identify future transportation needs along the Idaho 44 corridor from Interstate 84 to Eagle Road.

The study will include a regional vision for the highway, an implementation plan, an access management plan, an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and an analysis of a Middleton Alternate Route.

 

State Highway 45 Corridor Plan
Sponsors: Idaho Transportation Department
Status: To begin in 2009

Develop a corridor plan for SH 45 from SH 78 to the City of Nampa . More details will be added as they become available.

 

S.H. 55 Corridor Plan
Sponsor: Idaho Transportation Department
Status: Ongoing in 2008

Study will provide a corridor plan from U.S. 95 (near Marsing) to U.S. 95 (at New Meadows).

 

State Highway 69 Corridor Plan
Sponsors: Idaho Transportation Department
Status: To begin in 2009

Conduct a corridor study along SH 69. More details will be added as they become available.

 

State Street Corridor Study, Right-of-Way and Alignment Study (Phase 2)
Sponsors: Ada County Highway District, City of Boise, City of Garden City, and Ada County
Status: Expected completion in late 2008

ACHD to perform this proposed alignment and right-of-way study to locate the preferred centerline of the proposed seven-lane section and identify the needed right-of-way on State Street from Glenwood Street to 23 rd Street.

State Street Corridor Transit Oriented Development Policy Guidelines (2.3MB)

State Street Implementation Study (Phase IA)
Sponsor: City of Boise
Participants: City of Boise, Ada County Highway District, Garden City, Valley Regional Transit, Ada County, COMPASS, ITD, Northside Neighborhood Transportation Committee member
Status: Ongoing in 2008

Study will initiate the first steps toward implementing the State Street Corridor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Boise City, Garden City, the Ada County Highway District, Valley Regional Transit, and Ada County. The MOU timeline calls for the City of Boise and ACHD to establish Overlay/Zoning Districts; conduct public education workshops; educate and market for increased transit funding; and begin the effort toward the State Street Corridor Master Plan. As part of this process, it has been decided to create a document called the “State Street Transit Oriented Development Policy Guidelines” to help guide policy and decision making regarding the Overlay/Zoning Districts. A Steering Committee will ensure coordination of activities and provide a forum for discussion of issues.

The Phase 1A project management tasks will include the following:

• Agency involvement and neighborhood involvement
• Stakeholder involvement
• Overlay/Dual Zone District support
• Market/Economic/Barrier Study support
• Master Plan Study support
• General implementation support
• Public involvement
• State Street MOU Annual Report preparation