Nampa officials outline $5 million RAISE package to repair sidewalks, add transit amenities and study bridges
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Summary
City transportation staff and consultant HDR presented progress on a $5 million FHWA RAISE grant for a package of eight projects in north Nampa, including curb/sidewalk repairs, a mobility hub plan, a Broadmoor bridge widening with signal work, 6th Street reconstruction and an Indian Creek pathway extension. Completion is targeted for March 1, 2027.
Crystal Craig, director of transportation for the City of Nampa, told the planning commission the city’s $5 million RAISE grant is funding a coordinated set of multimodal projects collectively known as the North Nampa program.
“City of Nampa received … a $5,000,000 grant from FHWA to look at what we called North Nampa,” Craig said, and she turned technical questions over to Pearson DeWitt of HDR Engineering, the grant program manager.
DeWitt outlined eight distinct projects in the program. Several are design‑level or permit efforts meant to make the work “shelf ready” for construction funding: an ADA‑focused curb and sidewalk repair package (five smaller packages), a mobility‑hub design and guide for transit stops, 6th Street reconstruction with a side path and curb ramp work, a Broadmoor bridge widening and associated traffic signal and rapid‑flashing beacon installation, a 14th Avenue railroad pedestrian crossing feasibility study (overpass and underpass options), a 1.6‑mile Indian Creek pathway extension, and early work on two railroad underpass improvements.
DeWitt said some items are in preliminary design or environmental review; the Broadmoor bridge concept has cleared a key environmental hurdle because rock outcrops under Indian Creek were not deemed historic, avoiding an extensive replacement requirement. He also said one project funded by a different program already has construction funding secured and is expected to be the first project built under the RAISE umbrella.
Craig said the program is about 64% complete and that only about 34% of the grant funds have been invoiced so far, adding the city expects to spend the full $5 million by the program’s end date. She emphasized that zero‑match federal grants let the city develop designs that can be built quickly when construction dollars become available.
Commissioners asked whether the projects were specifically scoped when the grant was awarded and whether federal money could be spent on local (non‑federal) roads. Craig and DeWitt replied that the city described the scope in the grant application and then tailored the specific projects as planning progressed, and that the FHWA funds are federal but are intended for the locally identified projects and may be used on local roads as the grant rules allow.
The city plans public outreach — including a June third‑Thursday pop‑up meeting — and the overall program targets a March 1, 2027, deliverable date.
The commission did not take action on the presentation; the item was informational and will return to staff and the consultant as designs and environmental reviews advance.
