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TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) – Idaho road officials remind drivers to watch for rock as the spring snow melt begins.

LEWISTON, Idaho (Press Release)- The Idaho Transportation Board is holding a subcommittee meeting Wednesday (March 23) at 4 p.m. Pacific Time in Grangeville to discuss an application to allow trucks weighing up to 129,000 pounds on a section of Idaho 13.

BURLEY, Idaho (News Release) – The final set of girders have been delivered and were placed this week, giving form to the first of two new bridges spanning the Snake River near Declo.

Schools are closed today due to weather.  Really?  What are we going to do when winter gets here? A biology teacher in Nampa shows students the cycle of life by killing and skinning a rabbit...after the students asked him to...he told them OK but they did not have to watch if they didn't want to ... Read More ...

(KLIX)-Travelers on Highway 93 will notice a slight change in speed limits. The Idaho Transportation Department will be raising the speed limit in one area and move signs in another. Spokesman Nathan Jerke says the speed limit will be increased slightly from the Perrine Bridge to the new light at Golf Course Road...

(KLIX)-There are a couple projects slated for next week that might affect your travel starting Monday in and around Twin Falls. The Idaho Transportation Department will be doing some preventive road maintenance along Pole Line Road and Highway 93...

(KLIX)-The Idaho Transportation Department is wanting the publics help in building a road map for the next five years. Its not actually a map, but a plan for transportation projects in the state called Idaho Tranportation Investment Program...

(KLIX)-Several road projects have been put on the fast track for completion. The Idaho Transportation Board gave the green light for roughly $180 million dollars of highway construction projects. According to ITD the goal is to improve mobility, safety and economic opportunity for Idahoans...

Remember a few years ago when there was a lot of discussion about an additional bridge across the Snake River Canyon straight north of Highway 93 west of Twin Falls?  There hasn’t been much public discussion of that proposed project lately.  And the proposal has officially been dropped from consideration by the Idaho Transportation Department.

As the seemingly endless list of road construction projects in the Magic Valley area is trying the patience of motorists, there is yet another one to add to your list starting today.  For motorists traveling east on Kimberly Road between Twin Falls and Kimberly, the right-hand lane will be closed from 3300 east Road to Hankins Road.

Idaho’s  new driver’s license was introduced in phases over the past few months and the Idaho Transportation Department says that process is now complete and ensures enhanced protection and security to Idaho residents.

If you’re getting impatient with all the road construction going on in the Twin Falls area you can blame the weather for part of it.