The Idaho Transportation Department plans to widen Meridian Road in anticipation of a 55% increase in traffic over the next 25 years.
According to a news release announcing the plans, ITD wants to widen the road, also known as Idaho 69, from Overland Road in Meridian south to Orchard Avenue in Kuna.
Overland is just south of Idaho 69’s northern terminus at Interstate 84; the rest of Meridian Road to the north is owned by the Ada County Highway District. At its southern end, the state highway turns west off Meridian Road at Kuna Road and onto East Avalon Street for less than three blocks before ending at Orchard…