This file photo of the Idaho Transportation Department’s old State Street headquarters in Boise was taken March 21, 2021, before the building flooded. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)
The Idaho Transportation Board took back control of its flood-damaged former Boise headquarters on Thursday, setting off what could be a years-long and uncertain next chapter for the property.
During its meeting Thursday in Lewiston, the Idaho Transportation Board voted unanimously to pass a resolution that rescinded an earlier 2022 resolution that declared the State Street campus in Boise that the headquarters was previously located at as surplus property.
As part of Thursday’s resolution, the Idaho Transportation Department also took back control of the 44-acre property located at 3311 W. State St.
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Taking back control of the building allows the Idaho Transportation Department to use $32.5 million in state funding the Idaho Legislature approved earlier this year to renovate the damaged and contaminated building, state officials said Thursday.