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Houghton said the airport’s top requests were: (1) greater transparency in how the state collects and distributes the aviation fuel tax to airports across Idaho, (2) a state exemption to resolve a conflict between state procurement law and federal grant rules that affects use of the construction-manager-at-risk (CMAR) delivery method, (3) an exemption to allow regulation of transportation network companies (TNCs) such as rideshare operators at airports, and (4) an updated state economic impact study — the last was completed in 2020.

On the CMAR issue, Houghton said state law and federal grant rules currently conflict because one requires price to be part of selection and the other precludes selection based on price for qualification-based procurement, complicating the airport’s ability to use a qualifications-based method that federal grants sometimes require. On TNCs, she said Idaho is the only state that does not allow airports or municipalities to regulate TNCs at airports, and that change is needed so airports can manage curb congestion and meet grant-agreement requirements to charge fair market value for facility use.

“We are asking that there be an exemption for that because we have a lot of congestion at the curb,” Houghton said in the meeting.

Houghton said the back of the handout summarized major projects at Idaho’s commercial service airports and that the airport would like the legislature to refresh its economic-impact analysis to reflect population and activity growth since 2020.

Provenance: Rebecca Houghton presented the priorities and described the handout during the March 5, 2025 commission meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Boise Airport Commission Meeting","oneSentenceSummary","Boise — At the Boise Airport Commission meeting on March 5, Director Rebecca Houghton reviewed a handout the airport provided at a recent Idaho Airport Managers Association legislative luncheon and outlined four legislative priorities the airport asked state lawmakers to consider.","taxTitle","Boise City, Boise, Ada County, Idaho","taxId",8706,"location","Idaho","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":81,"_47":82,"_49":83,"_51":84,"_53":85,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":86,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":87,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6650873,"Boise Airport unveils concession changes, family restrooms and new air service as master plan work begins",1001,468000,1469000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2502003-a85dd5dbf8b8051a8de690a423f63c42&start=468&end=1469","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2502003-a85dd5dbf8b8051a8de690a423f63c42/thumbnail_468000.jpg","/articles/6650873/Idaho/Boise-Airport-unveils-concession-changes-family-restrooms-and-new-air-service-as-master-plan-work-begins","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6650873-a7876e16340546f38f51fe5eec575dfb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139856&Signature=O5dG6VbxUCEMobgr~DPzp7HQ-4mgc6JtyvH9wzzb2qYPOHyYnTMA53V2DNvDwD47gQMvjkmQLdpRirYomi~SuYyIFZGuEmcRPiTFEBTf8n9g-dBKOgZ19AwNLY4CGgeA0XS6S8vFd9mosY9gzrCwShcRwPy8MFA~tJ5P~rl3i9y~Zog09cJWu~o~SVTXakYTS62VqQTDZiRbia7JUSak3cg~px8TIS5c0-VJVDQ5L97jiQdbq4ezvlrD8jL38hxeUykw3ip2K1HWafY7mISPspmsAtCvUme3EqRo39nZvWY~erI6TwbOpHy9yvFEBbWpLRe8fnhzxLmu-gCluqzE6Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Boise — Airport Director Rebecca Houghton told the Boise Airport Commission on March 5 that multiple passenger-facing projects are under way, including a multi-tenant concessions refresh, new family restrooms funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and a consolidated rental car facility that topped off on Feb. 25.

Houghton said the airport has been installing temporary walls in the concourse while new concession spaces are built: the Boise Depot (lower level) is expected to reach substantial completion in early April; Sawtooth Essentials in early May; and a cluster including Blue Sky Bagels, Pizza Hut and Protein Bar is expected in June where Forever Heather and Art Source formerly operated. Waffle Me Up will open in the food court after a court deaccession process and is expected in early June.

“We are introducing new concession concepts before we close the existing ones,” Houghton said.

Family restrooms and federal funding: Houghton said new family restrooms will be added on Concourse B and are scheduled for completion in April. She said the project was funded by a grant from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

Passenger boarding bridges and master plan: the airport received a Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grant of $9,000,000 for passenger boarding bridges tied to Concourse A; the project was reported to be at 75% design and will be bid in the spring. Houghton also said the airport selected InterVistas to update its master plan, which will use a 20-year planning horizon and will include technical advisory committees, tenant input and public open houses.

Rental car facility and air service: Houghton recapped a topping-off ceremony Feb. 25 for the consolidated rental car facility and said the project is on track for completion in spring or early summer 2026. On air service, she said Frontier Airlines plans to return to Boise with nonstop service to Denver starting in May, which the airport expects will expand connectivity through Frontier’s Denver hub.

Other initiatives and staffing: Houghton announced a “hidden disabilities” sunflower-lanyard program — a low-visibility indicator to help staff recognize travelers who may need additional assistance — and said staff and tenants will receive training. She also announced internal promotions: Thomas Anderson, Matt Cooper and Hannah Hoke to duty manager roles and a promotion for Maribel (last name not specified in the record) to senior custodian.

Finances and ridership: Houghton said passenger counts grew substantially since the prior concessions update: 2024 recorded nearly 2,500,000 enplanements and about 5,000,000 total passengers, “a million more passengers going through the airport today than we did the last time we updated our concessions.” She reported airline revenue and TNC fees were up and that some terminal concession payments showed timing-related decreases rather than lower activity.

Provenance: Director Rebecca Houghton delivered the passenger services, concessions and master plan updates during the March 5 commission meeting and answered commissioners’ questions about contract hours, grant funding and master plan scope.","At the March 5 commission meeting, Director Rebecca Houghton summarized concessions relocations and openings, family restroom installations funded by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the consolidated rental car facility topping off and Frontier Airlines’ return to Denver; she also previewed a master plan update and promotions.",{"_33":89,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":90,"_41":91,"_43":92,"_45":93,"_47":94,"_49":95,"_51":96,"_53":97,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":98,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":99,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6650877,"Boise Airport lays out multi-year airfield reconstruction, Concourse A apron work and tenant relocations",1965,2318000,4283000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2502003-a85dd5dbf8b8051a8de690a423f63c42&start=2318&end=4283","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2502003-a85dd5dbf8b8051a8de690a423f63c42/thumbnail_2318000.jpg","/articles/6650877/Idaho/Boise-Airport-lays-out-multi-year-airfield-reconstruction-Concourse-A-apron-work-and-tenant-relocations","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6650877-de35e84172e6adda806ba2a959f2f6a6/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139856&Signature=GPoeRnI4W53X5jhKRlWVGwKYzfbyWKhVQqXXoycQDkFDpobPGsUu~EaAos526Wwzl2gvqgFtoZNnEuC-drCFidkVitd8w5SDld3ZkDLOaVf~M7jIsNt-87HIdP0DMPqns2AnQa5FgBBZlwqnRGfexAkH~DqzxT1oGbpvEnN7YaO2gzqNrnW7rHz5mqN5ibmsSKypNRs3TVbiCN5ZpLITlH85W8GHs8DuEi~hZXKX~Z5ShH1YTNTgPEk3cSBvdCnuDkP-m2KlfQz6ckANXopXu9tQWs613JFv-Yy0iPSt1wn2oaRXm5R-4l26BJk5srEpGd2PRAmqWqSwBjX1PUmpIA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Boise — Airport staff told the Boise Airport Commission on March 5 that work on the Concourse A apron and a concurrent East deice-apron expansion will begin in 2025 and that a multi-year program of runway and taxiway reconstruction will continue through 2029.

The airport plans a Concourse A apron phase 1 scheduled for about 90 calendar days in 2025, and an East D deice-apron expansion scheduled for about 83 days, Marcus Green, airport staff, said during the meeting. To construct the apron work safely, portions of Taxiway Alpha and the north runway will be closed to allow back-taxi operations; Green said the closure pattern and back-taxi plan were coordinated with the control tower and the Federal Aviation Administration.

“The tower does not like to have taxiing aircraft on it,” Green said. “This has been coordinated with the tower.”

Why it matters: the apron work makes room for the new Concourse A gates and will add remote overnight/parking positions for air carriers. The 2025 apron work will remove and replace pavement to current design standards — the concrete apron slabs are planned at roughly 16 inches thick — and will create three to four remote overnight parking spots for air carriers, Green said.

Airport staff also warned of operational impacts. The phased work will close some airfield surfaces for periods that Green described as substantial: the combined closures associated with the 2025 phases may leave the north runway closed to taxi for roughly 150 calendar days during portions of the work. That schedule, Green said, should not reduce the number of scheduled commercial flights but could lengthen taxi times and limit some general-aviation training activity such as touch-and-go patterns.

“This may impact some GA with being able to do some training like touch and goes here just because the flight pattern gets so busy with one runway,” Green said.

Longer-term runway work: following the 2025 apron projects, the airport plans a multi-phase reconstruction of Runway 10L/28R. Green said the north runway requires extensive repair discovered during a geotechnical investigation: standing water and areas where asphalt delaminated from underlying lifts required emergency patching and point to broader structural stripping beneath the pavement. As a result, staff now plan to remove and rebuild affected sections to current FAA standards rather than perform a smaller mill-and-overlay.

Green said runway reconstruction phases in later years will include removing a vertical curve to meet current FAA criteria, rebuilding adjacent taxiways (including a planned reconstruction of Taxiway Papa and Taxiway Mike), and realigning thresholds so both runways have identical usable lengths. The program includes phases in 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029; one reconstruction phase was described as approximately 180 calendar days in duration.

Military coordination and pavement materials: the airport is coordinating with the Idaho Air National Guard because changes in the Guard’s mission could require facilities adjustments. Green said staff and the FAA are discussing whether portions of the south runway should be paved with Portland cement concrete (PCC) rather than asphalt. PCC has higher upfront cost but longer design life and is sometimes required where arresting barriers are installed.

“One of the requirements for the arresting barriers is you have to have 2,000 feet of concrete,” Green said, describing technical factors that drive material choices.

Shade hangars and tenant relocations: the apron work will affect shade hangars on the south side of the field. Green and Director Rebecca Houghton said the airport has identified temporary space in existing tee hangars and other shade hangars to relocate tenants impacted by the 2025 project; staff will prioritize existing tenants on relocation waiting lists. Green cautioned, however, that there is no identified permanent site to relocate all shade hangars and that moving them has tradeoffs for future aeronautical development.

“We have not identified a space to relocate the shade hangars,” Houghton said. “If we relocate the shade hangars, it takes other future aeronautical uses off the table.”

Timing and next steps: Green said the airport is sequencing work to limit the time any single runway is closed and to preserve airfield operations where possible; the airport will continue coordination with the FAA and tenants and expects to return to the commission as plans are refined.

Provenance: The airfield construction update and associated technical details were presented by Marcus Green during the March 5, 2025 Boise Airport Commission meeting. Green introduced the multi-year construction overview and described specific phases, closures and engineering findings that inform the reconstruction program.","Airport staff told the Boise Airport Commission on March 5 that Concourse A apron and East deice-apron work will start in 2025, triggering temporary runway and taxiway closures and tenant relocations; multi-year runway reconstructions and coordination with the Air National Guard are planned through 2029.",{"_33":101,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":102,"_41":103,"_43":104,"_45":105,"_47":106,"_49":107,"_51":108,"_53":109,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":110,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":111,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6650865,"Commission approves February minutes and adjourns March meeting",3934,402000,4336000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2502003-a85dd5dbf8b8051a8de690a423f63c42&start=402&end=4336","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2502003-a85dd5dbf8b8051a8de690a423f63c42/thumbnail_402000.jpg","/articles/6650865/Idaho/Commission-approves-February-minutes-and-adjourns-March-meeting","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6650865-8f714b0f119800dd77f717a8692fbb03/orig.mp4?Expires=1771139856&Signature=dNiD-nZWblj5O3iCdJjHYn292x0PpOaYGQmlEkUuVkEKvAdEwryHZ-LiXBYGRw-rOSysz~e5AXYCLlXY5Ek6yBn7-4suRbym2SSTgGcAInYInQ773pUzsKiueYKLUmQNeb5Yo-Zz3Rc0kqe6gOUOgJTuFGzRvPdbLIzY2XEre8~fuLpNa5iHPXgtC~r15n7y7yz6sup54BTv5PoL5D0QTTyG8DPAolxJ4GZl2lKiACeA05k9pMFj123soNEkVEYx11j80umL7RN~dEE11eJ6sBcBYMpENJqnVeQOdvzTIGjseltcbmSqqMvTBtg9GfySPgjKSst-ZhZhVJpalo7mWQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Boise — The Boise Airport Commission approved the minutes from its Feb. 5, 2025 meeting and adjourned the March 5 meeting after the public comment period produced no speakers.

At the start of the March 5 meeting, a commissioner noted a minor correction to the minutes and the commission moved to approve the Feb. 5 minutes; the motion was seconded and the chair called the vote, recorded as voice votes of “aye.” Later, after staff reports and a public comment period with no speakers, a commissioner moved to adjourn, a second was recorded and the meeting was closed by voice vote.

Provenance: The motions and voice votes were recorded in the March 5, 2025 meeting transcript.","The Boise Airport Commission approved the Feb. 5, 2025 meeting minutes and adjourned its March 5 meeting after a brief public-comment period with no speakers.","actionData","errors"]

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Boise Airport highlights four state legislative priorities at Idaho Airport Managers luncheon

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Boise Airport lays out multi-year airfield reconstruction, Concourse A apron work and tenant relocations

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