As the Treasure Valley’s population swells, its roads are becoming busier.
With more cars, bikes and pedestrians, the Ada County Highway District is planning, and budgeting, for growth.
In the past five weeks, ACHD’s Board of Commissioners approved two important documents that outline how the agency plans to address the boom: the agency’s budget for 2025 and its five-year work plan.
As the November election nears, with competitive races for two of the five seats on the commission, the budget and five-year plan highlight areas to improve Ada County roads and goals for the agency.
The agency has identified nearly 1,500 projects since 2012 and has programmed 263 into the five-year plan, according to Shandy Lam, spokesperson for ACHD. Many of those projects only have concept, design or land acquisition planned in the next five years while others are set to finish before then.
An interactive map of the agency’s projects for 2025-2029 and beyond can be found on the ACHD website (www.achidaho.org/home) if you hover over the “projects tab” and click on “maps.”