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Idaho Falls council approves contracts for airport study, undergrounding, hazmat vehicle and public-works projects

Idaho Falls City Council · April 2, 2026
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Summary

On April 2 the council approved an FAA-concurred environmental assessment contract for tower relocation, accepted Idaho Falls Power bid awards for downtown alley undergrounding under a $2M IIJA grant, authorized a state-region hazmat apparatus purchase ($1.28M), and approved several public-works bids and professional service agreements.

The Idaho Falls City Council approved a slate of infrastructure and procurement actions at its April 2 meeting, moving forward projects ranging from an airport environmental assessment to downtown utility undergrounding and a heavy rescue hazmat vehicle for the regional response team.

Airport: Director Turner presented a siting and environmental package for relocating the air traffic control tower and associated VOR relocation. Council authorized a work order with the Artura Group in the amount of $1,008,700.82; Turner told council the FAA has concurred and the funding is available in prior…

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