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Committee adopts revised highway-language directing $27.2 million toward residential mobility arterial projects
Summary
The committee replaced previously accepted ITD language and directed $8 million from TECO distributions and $19.2 million from a general-fund transfer for residential mobility arterial work that connects a U.S. highway to a state highway.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee approved revised language for the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) that redirects previously accepted project language toward a specified residential mobility arterial that connects a U.S. highway to a state highway.
Under the new language, one appropriation directs $8,000,000 from TECO distributions and another allocates $19,200,000 from a general fund transfer. Staff told the committee these new amounts replace two earlier pieces of language previously approved that had directed $13,200,000 and $50,000,000 to other arterial and widening projects.
Mr. Prier, a Legislative Services Office analyst presenting the change, said both pieces of language now explicitly target the same residential mobility arterial. Representative Handy moved the motion to accept the new language after Senator Wintrow objected to an initial unanimous-consent request. The motion passed with a combined committee vote of 16 ayes, 4 nays.
Supporters said the change clarifies the intended project and funding sources; an analyst noted the $19.2 million comes from a general-fund transfer previously approved by the committee. No further specifics about exact corridor names, local jurisdictions, or project sponsors were provided in the hearing record.
The committee recorded the motion as a due-pass recommendation and moved the language forward for incorporation into the budget.
