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ITD warns $250 million reappropriation cap strains contractor payments; seeks supplemental and continuous-appropriation language
Summary
Idaho Transportation Department officials told JFAC they face spending-authority constraints on multi-year construction contracts, requested a $60 million supplemental for FY25 and proposed removing an appropriation cap so strategic initiatives transfers can be continuously appropriated to allow contractor payments.
Idaho Transportation Department officials told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee the agency faces spending-authority constraints on multi-year road projects and asked lawmakers to consider changes that would reduce the risk of delayed contractor payments.
Dave Tolman, ITD chief administrative officer, said the agency’s “obligated unspent construction program was a little over $600,000,000 across multiple funding sources” at the end of FY 2024 and that existing appropriation levels do not match the timing of contractor payouts on multi-year projects. “There’s a sizable amount of projects committed under contract that there is no appropriation for,” Tolman told the committee.
ITD requested a $60 million supplemental for FY25 (a mix of State Highway Local Fund and State…
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