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ITD seeks staff increases, targeted CEC and transit supplements as highway work grows
Summary
ITD described hiring 53 frontline positions added last year, workforce recruitment challenges and a targeted $2.50 hourly pay increase proposal for maintenance career‑path employees; the division also requested supplemental and ongoing funds for public transit reimbursements and material‑tracking software.
At the JFAC hearing, the Idaho Transportation Department described recent workforce additions and a set of enhancements for the Highway Operations Division intended to address recruitment, retention and program delivery.
The department said JFAC approved 53 new frontline positions in the previous budget cycle for district maintenance and engineering assistants; ITD reported recruiting roughly half those positions so far and that the agency currently shows about 60–70 vacancies systemwide. Director Scott Stokes said the department has reduced headcount over the prior decade and views the added positions as a…
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