Idaho Transportation Department

Idaho Transportation Department is an organization based in Boise, Idaho: Energy Resources, United States: Energy Resources.

The Idaho Transportation Department is committed to providing high quality, cost-effective transportation systems that are safe, reliable and responsive for the economical and efficient movement of people and products.

Idaho 's transportation system is an integrated network of more than 60,000 miles of roads, about 4,000 bridges, 1,887 miles of rail lines, 125 public airports, and the Port of Lewiston . Of these, the transportation department has jurisdictional responsibility for almost 5,000 miles of highway (or nearly 12,000 lane miles), more than 1,700 bridges, and 30 recreational and emergency airstrips. Also included on the state highway system are 30 rest areas and 10 fixed ports of entry.

The transportation department also oversees federal grants to 15 rural and urban public transportation systems, provides state rail planning and rail-project development and supports bicycle and pedestrian projects.

How is ITD organized? More than 1,800 employees statewide carry out the transportation department's commitment to provide safe, efficient travel. They are located in virtually every part of Idaho , from headquarters in Boise to ports of entry at Idaho 's borders and maintenance buildings on rural highways.

The department is divided into six divisions: Aeronautics, Highways, Motor Vehicles, Transportation Planning, Administrative Services and Public Transportation. Three support offices — Budget Policy and Intergovernmental Relations, Internal Review and Public Affairs — complement those divisions and are instrumental in delivering the department's services.

The ITD has a unique innovation portal, Innovate ITD!. It is an award-winning, employee-driven innovation program launched in 2014 to harness the creative thinking of employees at every level with solutions that save time and money and streamline processes. Examples in FY23 include: A long-awaited project to widen a three-mile section of Highway 3, north of St. Maries, faced environmental challenges due to the river highway area containing soft soils. Extra weight from traditional embankment materials may have collapsed the soft soils and caused settlement problems for the highway. ITD got innovative and used an untraditional material to widen lanes built on soft soils, a lightweight fill solution called Geofoam, which adds stability without adding significant weight. Innovate ITD! has reportedly saved > $51 million in state funds, and >570,000 man hours since its inception in 2014.

WHAT DOES SUCCESS LOOK LIKE?

• Strategically modernize the transportation

system to enhance commerce, increase mobility, improve safety, and boost reliability

• Invest transportation dollars to create the

greatest benefit to system users

• Integrate emerging transportation

technologies appropriately into Idaho’s transportation system

• Customers conveniently obtain needed permits,

licenses, registrations, and credentials timely

References

Overlegal Permit Office - Idaho Transportation Dept Contact

ITD Highways Divison

208-334-8836

https://apps.itd.idaho.gov/Apps/info/ITD-Phone-Contacts.pdf

Director

Scott Stokes

208-334-8027

https://itd.idaho.gov/itd/

Chief Innovation Experience Officer

Brenda Williams

208-334-8010

Idaho Transportation Department DEPP-Right of Way

1-800-745-2752

https://itd.idaho.gov/row/