BTPO proposes to amend the FY 2022- 2028 Transportation Improvement Program. The changes include project cost and year. The BTPO Policy Board will consider the amendment at their July 11, 2022 meeting.

I-86/I-15 Interchange Conplex (20589) – Change the project cost in the folling way: FY 2022 construction cost $89,200,00; FY 2023 construction cost $5,400,000; FY 2024 $30,465,555.

Monte Vista to Pocatello Creek Road (23346) –  add a new multiuse pathway. Engineering $94,000 in FY 2022 and Construction $440,000 in FY 2023.

The amendments do not require conformity determination.

The public comment period closes Thursday. June 30, 2022, at 5:00 PM.  The BTPO must receive written comments by the close of the comment period.  They may be sent via any of the following methods:

By mail: Bannock Transportation Planning Organization, P.O. Box 6129 Pocatello, Idaho 83205

By email: mori@bannockplanning.org

For additional information, see the BTPO website at https://bannockplanning.org or contact us by phone at 233-9322.

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The Bannock Transportation Planning Organization (BTPO) a public non-profit invites individuals and entities to submit proposals for general nonexclusive bookkeeping services. The individual or entity would negotiate with BTPO for a services agreement.

Interested individuals and entities are invited to submit proposals to the BTPO by June 30, 2022, at 5:00 pm.  The request for proposals and instructions for submitting proposals are linked below.   

Contact Mori Byington(mori@bannockplanning.org) for additional information on the proposal. 

The services contract will be awarded to the individual or agency who, in the sole opinion of BTPO 
is best qualified to perform the work. The right is reserved to reject any or all submissions not
conforming to the intent and purpose of the “Request for Proposals” whenever such action appears to
be in the best interests of BTPO.

Request for Proposals for Bookkeeping Services

BTPO is accepting public comment on the draft Population, Housing, and Employment Forecast 2050 Report. The report provides the current and 2050 population, housing, and employment numbers for the BTPO planning area. The information is used to update the Travel Demand Model. For additional information click here. Public comments will be accepted until May 20, 2022. Comments can be sent to Mori Byington at mailtmori@bannockplanning.org

The Bannock Transportation Planning Organization requests applications for the Federal Fiscal Year 2023 through Federal Fiscal Year 2027 Federal Transit Administration (FTA.) Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program.

The Bannock Transportation Planning Organization is announcing a Call for Projects for Federal Fiscal Year 2023 through Federal Fiscal Year 2029. 

 Applications must be submitted to the Bannock Transportation Planning Organization by January 13, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.

The link below is the application package and additional program information

Federal Transit Administration Section 5310 Elderly Individuals and Individuals with Disabilities Program

Public Comment Period
August 23 -September 24, 2021
BTPO Requests your comments on the Draft Unsignaized Intersection Study

The unsignalized Intersection Study investigated the current and future (2045) congestion and operational issues at thirty-one unsignalized Intersection. The result of the study is a listing of intersections where the increased traffic volume due to residential and commercial development growth will require modifications to the design or traffic control.

For additional information on the study and to review the draft document click here.

Public Comment invitation

2021 – 2027 Transportation Improvement Program

I-15 Corridor Study

The Idaho Transportation Department has added a corridor study of Interstate 15 from Pocatello to Chubbuck to the Transportation Improvement Program. The corridor study will evaluate the feasibility and need for the third travel lane. The corridor study would begin in Federal Fiscal Year 2025.

The BTPO Policy Board will consider adding the project to the FY 2021 -2027  Transportation Improvement Program at their August 2, 2021 meeting

Comment period:  June 17, 2021 – July 17, 2021

Comments can be emailed or mailed to:

Mori Byington, Planning Director

PO Box 6129

Pocatello, ID 83205-6129

(208) 233-9322

mori@bannockplanning.org