Some Canyon County cyclists fear the projects underway along the Interstate eighty-four corridor among Nampa and Caldwell nevertheless won’t have sidewalks and motorcycle lanes once whole.

Meanwhile, the rebuild of the Cloverdale Road overpass in Ada County consists of two multi-use pathways for bicycles and pedestrians.

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“I suppose what we see on Cloverdale isn’t what we’re stepping into Canyon County,” said Mark Pemble, an avid cyclist and longtime member of the Caldwell Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan Committee. “It could be qualified to have a uniform plan all at some point of I-84.”

The Idaho Transportation Department operates along with nearby corporations in Canyon County on upcoming I-eighty four tasks, inclusive of rebuilds of the Linden underpass, Ustick overpass, Middleton overpass, and Northside interchange, among others. The structures must be rebuilt to make room for some other I-eighty four-lane in every route among Nampa and Caldwell, according to ITD spokesman Jake Melder.

When ITD completes a mission, like a bridge that services a neighborhood road, its scope is to construct the bridge that connects the street on either aspect of the interstate, Melder said. I will then paint with the nearby jurisdictions — cities and toll road districts — to perceive what the plan looks like for the neighborhood street.

“If there’s no plan from the locals to have a motorbike lane on that road, we’re not going to build a bridge with a bicycle lane,” Melder stated. “We need it to tie into the present or plans.”

ITD and the Ada County Highway District are running together on the Cloverdale overpass challenge. They’re rebuilding the bridge, broken through flames from a crash final summer, and widening the road main as much as the bridge to 4 lanes.

Melder stated the Ada County Highway District’s capacity to put in additional investment allowed them to widen the bridge and roads, giving more room for motorcycle and pedestrian facilities.

“Canyon County continues to be evolving in terms of its willingness,” stated LaRita Schandorff, chairwoman of the Nampa Bicycle and Pedestrian Citizens Advisory Committee. “ACHD is further down the street from an evolutionary attitude. … We’re getting there in Canyon County. However, we’re not down that ways, but.”

The biggest concern, Pemble said, is bicycle owner and pedestrian protection. Just remaining month, a former Vallivue educator and superintendent George Grant, sixty-nine, died when he became hit with a motorist’s aid while riding his bicycle on U.S. Highway 20 north of Nampa, consistent with Idaho State Police.

“When a coincidence takes place, human beings are less probably to experience their bikes,” Pemble said. “That’s totally the alternative element we want as planners. We need the public to be aware of protection and not the risks.”

Melder stated that each of the Canyon County initiatives would consist of enhancements for bicycle or pedestrian visitors in some form, whether it’s just extensive shoulders, motorcycle lanes, or sidewalks.

“Wider shoulders deliver extra clean area among vehicles on tour lanes and pedestrians, and likely cyclists,” Melder stated in an e-mail to the Idaho Press. “Sidewalks additionally offer dedicated areas for both customers of the roadway.”

By law, bicyclists may be on the road with all of a motorized automobile’s rights, and bicyclists can also experience at the sidewalk.

Northside Boulevard Interchange

Beginning later this year, ITD and the metropolis of Nampa plan to rebuild the Northside interchange right into an unmarried-factor city interchange; the identical style is seen on the Ten Mile, Meridian, and Vista interchanges.

The design of the Northside interchange includes sidewalks and bicycle lanes.

“That’s step one,” Pemble said. “That’s reassuring.”

According to ITD’s agenda, construction on the interchange will take location between mid-2019 to past due 2020.