Idaho Governor Butch Otter concluded the seventh and final transportation funding conference in Boise this week which was attended by Federal Highway Administrator Tom Madison, state Transportation Board Chairman Darrell Manning, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson and Idaho U.S. Senator Mike Crapo.

Along with gathering public input from the statewide meetings, Otter says state transportation experts now have a broad range of suggestions to help generate the revenue needed to fix the state’s growing backlog of transportation needs.

Idaho Gov. Butch Otter (R) comments

Governor Otter held a total of seven statewide transportation-funding conferences this summer in Lewiston, Caldwell, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Falls, Pocatello and Twin Falls.

The issue is likely to be a top priority for state lawmakers in the upcoming legislative session.