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Idaho Transportation Department
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- Type
- State DOT — State department of transportation; its Planning division holds the freight programme, the Statewide Rail Plan and the rail-highway crossing safety programme
- Market · Region
- United States · Idaho
- Open tenders
- 0
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
State DOT that holds Idaho's rail plan and federal crossing grants; the railways are private.
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Writes the Statewide Rail Plan, shares responsibility for highway-rail crossing safety, applies for federal rail grants and buys crossing and interchange construction through its contractor bidding process. It owns no railway.
- Type
- State DOT — State department of transportation; its Planning division holds the freight programme, the Statewide Rail Plan and the rail-highway crossing safety programme
- Where
- Idaho · Boise
- Programmes
- FRA Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
- Technology areas
- Track & civil, Signalling & train control
Structure
- funded by FRA — Railroad Crossing Elimination grant, SH-53 Pleasant View interchange, signed August 2024 (active)
- funded by FRA — CRISI grant, Magic Valley Rail Safety and Capacity Expansion, September 2021 (active)
- funded by BNSF — contribution to the SH-53 Pleasant View interchange alongside the Post Falls Highway District, per ITD's 2023 release (active)
- Contract detail and values (1)In the United States edition See a fully open example
Sources for these relationships (4)
- ● ITD news release: SH-53 work-zone access changes · ITD release of 28 April 2026: temporary access changes, interchange operational later in summer 2026, completion spring 2027 with McGuire Road and Prairie Avenue crossings closed last, $30m investment, BNSF and Post Falls Highway District support (published 2026-04-28 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ITD news release: SH-53 Hauser grant · ITD release of 6 June 2023: FRA grant for the SH-53 Pleasant View interchange closing three at-grade BNSF crossings; BNSF and Post Falls Highway District contributions; ITD match; construction expected to total $45m; about 46 train movements a day (published 2023-06-06 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36521403050CRSID · FRA CRISI grant to ITD, Magic Valley Rail Safety and Capacity Expansion: federal obligation, non-federal funding, total funding, period 1 September 2021 to 30 June 2023, Minidoka County (Rupert) (published 2021-09-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36524420240RCEID · Federal Railroad Administration Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to ITD: federal obligation, non-federal funding and total funding, period 1 July 2024 to 31 October 2027, Kootenai County (published 2024-08-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
Tenders
| Tender | Status | Value band | Next key date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SH-53 Pleasant View Interchange, Hauser | In execution | $25–100m | Completion October 2024 |
| Magic Valley Rail Safety and Capacity Expansion | In execution | $5–25m |
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- Award history (3)
- Entry path
- Portals (4)
- Published contacts (3)
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9 sources · all primary
- ● ITD Rail-Highway Crossing Program page · ITD page: more than 1,300 public rail-highway crossings; federal crossing-safety dollars each year; crossing-evaluation data; Rail-Highway Crossing Program desk (published 2025-05-07 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ITD Freight page (Statewide Rail Plan documents) · ITD page: Strategic Freight Plan updated 2023; Statewide Rail Plan section linking the 2026 Idaho Statewide Rail Plan and its executive summary (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ITD news release: public feedback on the rail plan · ITD release of 29 October 2025: plan update scope, plan does not allocate project funding, railways are private, no dedicated state funding for freight or passenger rail beyond crossing match funds (published 2025-10-29 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● Executive Summary, Idaho Statewide Rail Plan (ITD, September 2026 upload) · ITD PDF of 14 pages, read as page images: the rail network map showing Union Pacific, BNSF, Boise Valley, Eastern Idaho, Idaho Northern and Pacific, Great Northwest, Pend Oreille Valley, St. Maries River, Bountiful Grain and Craig Mountain, Malad and other lines, Pocatello marked as the intermodal terminal, Sandpoint as the passenger rail station and ports at Lewiston and Sandpoint. Narrative text pages were images and were not transcribed. (published 2026-09 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ITD Advertised Highways Projects and Bid Results · ITD contractor bidding page: advertised highway projects, bid results, look-aheads and Bid Express electronic bidding (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ITD Planning page · ITD planning page listing the long-range transportation plan, freight, MPOs and the rail-highway crossing safety program (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36524420240RCEID · Federal Railroad Administration Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to ITD: federal obligation, non-federal funding and total funding, period 1 July 2024 to 31 October 2027, Kootenai County (published 2024-08-14 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● USAspending award 69A36521403050CRSID · FRA CRISI grant to ITD, Magic Valley Rail Safety and Capacity Expansion: federal obligation, non-federal funding, total funding, period 1 September 2021 to 30 June 2023, Minidoka County (Rupert) (published 2021-09-22 · checked 2026-10-08)
- ● ITD News and Media index · ITD newsroom index used for rail plan, crossing and project releases (published undated · checked 2026-10-08)
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