This includes ongoing operations and maintenance as well as planning for future needs of the state and its citizens.

[2] The Idaho Legislature created the State Highway Commission 112 years ago in 1913.

[3] A property tax was enacted by the Legislature to fund roads for the state and bonds were issued to build a highway system.

In 1950, the Idaho Department of Highways was reorganized and placed under the direction of a governing Board.

The agency serves under an appointed seven member Idaho Transportation Board.