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Committee Probes ITD Construction Software Delays and Multiple IT Equipment Requests
Summary
Lawmakers pressed ITD about a multi‑year construction management software project and several OITS‑recommended IT equipment replacement requests totaling millions. The department said software development progressed more slowly than expected and funds were reallocated to road work.
Committee members asked the Idaho Transportation Department for detail on construction management software and multiple IT equipment requests across divisions.
Representative Tanner and others sought an itemized list of software licenses and funding sources after reviewing prior one‑time and ongoing requests for construction management software. Director Scott Stokes said the construction management software project has been incremental: "we've accumulated probably asked for around $4,000,000 for that piece of software," and ITD has not completed the project because development progressed more slowly than expected. When the work did not progress, some appropriated funds were redirected to highway operations, he said, and the department put remaining work into the highway operations budget to support construction and materials testing workflows that will improve efficiency in contractor payments and project closeouts.
Lawmakers also questioned repeated one‑time hardware requests and how prior one‑time equipment appropriations related to ongoing IT equipment line items. Dupree noted OITS recommended a $2,900,000 IT equipment request in transportation services and $865,700 in highway operations; DMV requested $981,700 for FY26 IT replacements. Representative Tanner asked for a reconciliation of prior one‑time hardware appropriations, ongoing funding lines and current OITS recommendations; the director agreed to provide a comprehensive inventory and funding trail.
On the question of software value, ITD said the planned automated materials software will support sampling, testing and documentation to reduce paperwork and improve confidence in contractor payments and project closeouts. The committee did not approve new IT spending at the hearing and asked for a follow‑up report on licenses, ongoing costs, where previous one‑time equipment appropriations were spent and whether the software project has recurring maintenance costs.
