Nampa public works reports new downtown all‑way stops, Streets Equipment Rodeo results and water outreach programs
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Public Works updated council on all‑way stop installations at three downtown intersections, presented results from the Streets Equipment Rodeo and outlined water‑education outreach including Project WET certification for teachers and school district engagement.
City transportation staff told the City Council they will install three new all‑way stop signs at downtown intersections that met MUTCD warrants, and that the city will phase those installations so drivers can adjust.
Crystal Craig, Director of Transportation, said the locations are North Avenue South at 8th Street South, 17th Avenue North at 2nd Street North, and 13th Avenue South at 9th Street South; each site showed six crashes over a 36‑month period and met the city’s all‑way‑stop warrant analysis. Craig said the average installation cost is about $650 per intersection and the signs will be installed by city crews.
Public works also reported results from the department’s third annual Streets Equipment Rodeo, a skills competition for equipment operators in loaders, dump trucks, skid steers and snowplows. Craig and staff congratulated winners who will represent Nampa at national competition and highlighted the event as both workforce development and public outreach.
Environmental Resources staff described renewed public engagement at the city’s Water Renewal Facility: after a COVID‑era pause, staff resumed tours and education events, and reported a spring Water Education Day that drew roughly 700–750 students. The department is partnering with the Nampa School District and local watershed groups and plans a Project WET teacher certification series in the fall to provide water‑education curriculum and lesson plans to area teachers.
Council thanked public works staff for outreach and encouraged continued coordination with the schools, parks and parks maintenance on donated‑park planning for other developments.
