Funding approved for U.S. 95 projects

COEUR d'ALENE — The Idaho Transportation Board on Thursday unanimously approved an additional $64 million in federal bonds to fund projects on U.S. 95 from Garwood Road to Sagle.

The GARVEE (Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicle) projects would include a $41 million project to build a new interchange at Highway 53 and frontage roads to Garwood Road.

The project also removes two at-grade signals and completes improvements from the original U.S. 95 corridor study.

In addition, the board approved a $23 million project to realign and widen an additional 2 miles of U.S. 95 to four lanes to the top of Granite Hill, including frontage roads and a grade separation to reduce fatal and serious injury crashes.