INTRODUCTION
Thank you for your involvement in the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD)'s U.S. 95 Thorncreek Road to Moscow project, which will determine, design and construct a roadway alignment for nearly 6.5 miles of U.S. 95 in Latah County. ITD is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement for this project.
Public input has helped ITD determine potential alternatives/alignments for U.S. 95 from Thorncreek Road to Moscow. It also has helped determine evaluation criteria and studies to conduct for the project. For more background information, click here.
Project Update (Summer 2009)
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has received comments from the Federal Highway Administration about this project’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement. ITD will meet with the Federal Highway Administration this summer and submit a new draft after all their comments have been addressed. We anticipate releasing the document for public comments in the summer or fall of 2010.
Community members will be notified through local newspapers and a project newsletter when the Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been published. Copies will be available on CD, at this Web site and in several locations throughout the community. ITD will collect public comments during a 45-day period. A formal public hearing will be scheduled during the comment period.
Public comments will be reviewed and addressed before the document is submitted to the Idaho Transportation Board. The board will then submit the document to the Federal Highway Administration.
The Federal Highway Administration can then issue a Record of Decision about the final preferred alignment and approve the Final Environmental Impact Statement. This will allow ITD to begin the final design stage for the project and to prepare the final right-of-way plans and start the right-of-way purchase for the new roadway.
If you are not already on the project database and would like to be notified when the Draft Environmental Impact Statement is published, e-mail thorncreekroadtomoscow@itd.idaho.gov or call Ken Helm at 208-799-5090.
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