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Committee accepts language directing $27.2 million for two arterial projects
Summary
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee approved language reallocating previously accepted highway project language to direct $8 million from TECM distributions and $19.2 million from a prior general‑fund transfer for two residential mobility arterial projects connecting a U.S. highway to a state highway.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee approved Monday a language adjustment that directs a combined $27.2 million to two arterial road projects the committee described as residential mobility arterials that connect a U.S. highway to a state highway.
A Legislative Services Office analyst told the committee that prior language accepted by the committee had directed $13.2 million to a town‑center arterial serving 10,000 annual average daily traffic and $50 million to a widening and bridge reconstruction project for congestion mitigation on a residential mobility arterial. The new language replaces those directives and directs $8,000,000 from TECM distributions and $19,200,000 from a previously approved general‑fund transfer, the analyst said.
Representative Handy moved to accept the new language after Senator Wintrow objected to unanimous consent. The motion passed with a combined total of 16 ayes and 4 nays across both chambers (Senate: 7 aye, 3 nay; House: 9 aye, 1 nay). The committee recorded the motion as carrying a due‑pass recommendation.
Committee members did not debate route names or project sponsors during the public deliberation; the presentation focused on how the updated dollar sources replace previously accepted allocations. Staff characterized both items as directed toward a residential mobility arterial that connects a U.S. highway to a state highway and noted the change in funding sources rather than a change in project purpose.
The committee’s vote memorializes the language adjustment; legislators and staff said further project‑level details and design approvals remain under the Idaho Transportation Department’s purview and subject to any additional statutory or local approvals.
