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Committee questions ITD proposal to relocate District 4 headquarters from Shoshone to Twin Falls
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ITD Director Scott Stokes told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the department is again seeking funding to relocate District 4 headquarters from Shoshone to Twin Falls, a proposal lawmakers rejected last year.
ITD Director Scott Stokes told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that the department is again seeking funding to relocate District 4 headquarters from Shoshone to Twin Falls, a proposal lawmakers rejected last year. “We would like to be closer to the growing community of Twin Falls,” Stokes said during the Oct. 24 committee hearing.
The request—and repeated questions from several committee members—focused on cost, service access and commute times. Senator Kevin Cook, who said the committee previously rejected the proposal, noted the relocation is estimated at $9.6 million and asked whether the department had new information that would change last year’s decision. “Do you feel 12 minutes of commute time is worth asking…
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