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ITD director briefs committee on 50-year agency results, funding, staffing and projects
Summary
Idaho Transportation Department Director Scott Stokes presented an annual report highlighting maintenance metrics, a $966 million payout last year, the department’s funding sources including a $80 million annual sales-tax transfer used to support TECM bonding, staff retention challenges and major ongoing projects.
Scott Stokes, director of the Idaho Transportation Department, delivered the agency’s annual report to the House Transportation & Defense Committee, outlining recent delivery, funding sources, workforce challenges and priorities for the coming year.
Stokes said ITD maintains more than 12,000 lane miles and 1,800 bridges, processed roughly 3.7 million DMV transactions with county partners last year, and reported a construction payout of about $966,000,000 in the most recent year. He said the department exceeded its pavement condition target, reporting 86% of pavements in good or fair condition, and credited new funding streams that began in FY22 for accelerating project delivery.
On funding, Stokes described four primary revenue sources: federal apportioned funds, state user fees (fuel taxes and registration fees) that are constitutionally dedicated to roads and bridges, strategic-initiative transfers from…
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