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ITD asks JFAC for spending authority and cash transfers to cover multi‑year road projects
Summary
The Idaho Transportation Department told the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee it needs supplemental and ongoing appropriations, and changes to reappropriation and appropriation language, to pay contractors on large multi‑year projects and to distribute general‑fund transfers to safety, capacity and maintenance work.
The Idaho Transportation Department asked the Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Thursday for additional spending authority and several one‑time and ongoing transfers to cover contractor payments and accelerate projects already under contract.
Brooke Dupree, budget and policy analyst with the Legislative Services Office, told the committee ITD is requesting a $60,000,000 supplemental for the current year (a $10,000,000 State Highway Local Fund component and $50,000,000 from the State Highway Federal Fund) and multiple fiscal‑year 2026 ongoing capital requests tied to federal funding increases.
The request includes a $57,276,000 ongoing capital outlay tied to higher federal receipts from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a second ongoing request of $55,000,000 (split $50,000,000 federal / $5,000,000 local) and language to allow the Strategic Initiatives Program Fund to remain continuously appropriated rather than be capped by a single‑year appropriation. Dupree told the committee the department also seeks reappropriation authority…
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