Overview
This project improved safety and accommodated growth in West Blackfoot.
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has completed work at State Highway 39 and the Collins Siding Road intersection to improve safety and accommodate growth in West Blackfoot.
SH-39 from approximately Thomas Road to Collins Siding Road was widened with a continuous center turn lane to provide safety improvements for increasing traffic volumes in the corridor. When ITD designed this section of SH-39 decades ago, they planned for a future widening by purchasing adequate right of way. This allowed the project to proceed with very little, if any, impacts to private property.
The intersection of SH-39 and Collins Siding Road is also seeing increased commercial and agricultural traffic volumes, requiring improvements for both safety and capacity. Traffic studies and concept designs were presented to the public in early 2021. A signalized intersection was selected as the preferred alternative by both the traffic study and public.
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2021
Conduct Public Outreach; Develop Conceptual Designs; Gather Baseline Survey, Traffic & Environmental Information
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2022 Fall/Winter
Stakeholder Outreach and Coordination; Begin Preliminary Design; Complete Environmental Documentation
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2023
Advance preliminary design; Hold Public Meeting
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2023 Summer – 2024 Spring
Finalize Design Plans
Comments or Questions?
Contact Bryant Kuechle: bkuechle@langdongroupinc.com or call (208) 739-3048