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Lawmakers press ITD on renewed $9.6 million District 4 relocation request
Summary
Senator Cook and others questioned the Idaho Transportation Department’s renewed $9.6 million request to move District 4 headquarters from Shoshone to Twin Falls, citing prior rejection, building-condition assessments and small commute-time savings.
Senator Cook told the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee he opposed a renewed Idaho Transportation Department request to relocate District 4 headquarters from Shoshone to Twin Falls and pressed the director for justification for a $9.6 million relocation request the committee had rejected in the prior year.
“Last year the JFAC, the Idaho House, the Idaho Senate and the governor all voted to reject the relocation,” Cook said during questioning, asking ITD Director Scott Stokes to explain why the department was submitting the same proposal again. Cook said he had toured the Shoshone campus and that staff told him “we don’t need a new building. We just…
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