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- 11/04/2020
ACHD Cloverdale Location Closes for Disinfection
Today, Wednesday, November 4th, the Cloverdale building of the Ada County Highway District will close for disinfection.
- 10/14/2020
ACHD Reapplies for Bicycle Friendly Community Designation: Take the Survey!
The Ada County Highway District has submitted an application to the League of American Cyclists to be deemed a Bike Friendly Community.
- 10/12/2020
Campaign Sign Reminder
The Ada County Highway District would like to remind all candidates running for offices in November that they should not place campaign signs on any ACHD property to include fencing along storm water ponds.
- 10/09/2020
ACHD Engineer Honored
The Ada County Highway District is proud to announce one of its traffic engineers is being honored with a distinguished award for excellence in engineering.
- 10/08/2020
Ada County roadways remain in Excellent to Very Good category
The Ada County Highway District Commission received pavement condition assessment result from Margot Yapp of NCE Engineering and Environmental Services.
- 09/24/2020
Commission Approves FY21-25 Integrated Five-Year Work Plan; Bike and Ped Plans
The Ada County Highway District Commission voted unanimously to approve a new resolution, the FY21-25 Integrated Five-Year Work Plan, and two bike and pedestrian plans at their weekly Commission meeting yesterday evening.
- 09/21/2020
Commuteride to hold Ridetober 5k/10k Challenge
The Ada County Highway District's Commuteride holds the annual Ridetober promotion each October to educate and encourage people to try an alternate form of transportation.
- 09/08/2020
ACHD Employees Gain Knowledge through Training with the LHTAC Road Scholar and Road Master Programs
Since 2012, employees of the Ada County Highway District have participated in the Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) Road Scholar and Road Master Programs.
- 08/27/2020
Commission Votes to Approve FY2021 Budget
The ACHD Commission voted four-to-one to approve the adoption of the proposed FY2021 budget during the public hearing on Wednesday, August 26th.
- 08/26/2020
Commission to Hold Budget Hearing
The Ada County Highway District Commission will review and approve a FY 2021 budget at an evening Commission meeting tomorrow (Wednesday, August 26) at 6:00 p.m.
- 08/14/2020
General Counsel Steven Price Honored as 2020 Leader's in Law
The Ada County Highway District (ACHD) is proud to announce that ACHD General Counsel Steven Price has been honored as one of the Idaho Business Review's 2020 Leader's in Law, In-office Counsel.
- 08/13/2020
Traffic Signal Upgrades Continue
The Ada County Highway District is continuing to successfully roll out new software and controller upgrades to traffic signals with flashing yellow arrows.
- 08/07/2020
New Chip Seal Alternative for Bike Lanes
In the spring of 2019, ACHD pavement management became aware of an all-in-one machine that could provide the equivalent of a chip seal treatment to bike lanes and stem roads, the portion of road leading into a cul-de-sac.
- 08/06/2020
ACHD Crew Assists Injured Bicyclist
Three members of ACHD's Cloverdale Bridge crew are being heralded for their fast thinking and actions during a recent bicycle accident in a construction zone.
- 07/24/2020
Commission Approves Resolution Supporting Expanded Patio Dining
The Ada County Highway District approved a resolution yesterday showing their support of local business and their ability to expand their dining room seating into the public right of way to accommodate for social distancing during the pandemic.
- 07/24/2020
City of Garden City and ACHD Hold Joint Meeting
Leadership from the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) and the City of Garden City attended a joint meeting today via Zoom.
- 07/16/2020
The Ada County Highway District is inviting the public to review and comment on its long-range plans
The Ada County Highway District is inviting the public to review and comment on its long-range plan for roadway and intersection expansion projects.
- 07/10/2020
ACHD Postpones Charity Golf Tournament
After long discussions with key stakeholders and keeping in mind the continued safety of our partners and our community, we have come to the difficult decision to postpone this year's annual ACHD Charity Golf Tournament.
- 06/26/2020
ACHD Returns to Phase 3
In accordance with the Central District Health's public health order yesterday to return to Phase 3 of reopening in Ada County, the Ada County Highway District will also carefully and conscientiously return to Phase 3.
- 06/22/2020
ACHD Headquarters Building Closes for Cleaning
After an ACHD staff member has tested positive for COVID-19, the ACHD Headquarters building will be closed starting at 12:30 p.m. today (Monday, June 22nd) for a thorough cleaning and disinfection.
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