Idaho Transportation Department

I-84, Garrity Interchange to Meridian Interchange

Project Facts

Project Number: A010(459)
Key Number: 10459
MP 37.945-44.38

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is widening and reconstructing approximately six miles of I-84 between the Garrity and Meridian interchanges. A third lane in both directions opened this fall.

This project designed a fourth lane on approximately 6.5 miles of I-84, eastbound and westbound; paved the median, readjusted roadway profiles, and added drainage facilities within the existing median between the Garrity Boulevard and Meridian Road interchanges. The construction for this project was broken into several phases. These pages are listed below under the following projects.

11001: I-84 Garrity to Meridian, Mill and Temp Widening
11002: I-84 Ten Mile Creek Widening
11003: I-84 Ten Mile to Meridian Mainline
11005: I-84 Garrity to Ten Mile Median
11489: I-84 Garrity to Ten Mile Mainline
11006: I-84 Garrity to meridian, Traffic Control
11902: I-84 Storm Water Ponds

Background

In 2001, the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) and ITO completed a cooperative planning effort called the I-84 Corridor study. The study examined the transportation system needs I-84 corridor from the WYE Interchange to Idaho 44 west of Caldwell. The study recommended specific improvements that warranted further evaluation and implementation. The recommendation was included in the COMPASS study.

Schedule

Preliminary design was completed in August 2007 and final design was completed in July 2009. Construction began in January 2008 and substantial completion was achieved July 2001.

Compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is committed to compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and all related regulations and directives. ITD assures that no person shall on the grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, age, or disability be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any ITD service, program, or activity. The department also assures that every effort will be made to prevent discrimination through the impacts of its programs, policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations. In addition, the department will take reasonable steps to provide meaningful access to services for persons with Limited English Proficiency.