04/30/2024
Please be aware of the traffic alerts near Everhome Suites today. Stay safe as we honor the memory of Deputy Bolter today.
Traffic, Parking and Impacted areas:
Ada County Deputy Tobin Bolter’s Memorial Service
Ford Idaho Center, Tuesday, April 30
If you are not attending Tuesday’s memorial service at the Ford Idaho Center, please avoid the area. Thousands are expected to attend, and they will be arriving for the service in many individual cars, shuttle buses and there will also be a very large police vehicle procession.
If you are attending, plan on parking off site around the Idaho Center in a designated area. Parking in the Ford Idaho Center lot will mostly be reserved for family, friends, and law enforcement personnel from the procession. There will be limited parking on site and road closures will impact entrances.
▪️Starting at 1:00 p.m.
Idaho Center Blvd from Franklin Rd to Cherry Ln will be CLOSED to all traffic
▪️ Starting at approximately 5 p.m.
Franklin between the Idaho Center and Star Rd. will be CLOSED
Idaho Center Blvd from Flamingo Ave. to Cherry Ln. will be CLOSED
The WB EXIT of I-84 at Garrity Blvd will be CLOSED
EB traffic that is exiting at the Garrity Blvd exit will be forced to go SB on Garrity Blvd
We have worked hard on load-in and load-out traffic plans. While no plan for this area at this time is ideal, it will be important that everyone follows the designated routes.
If you attend, or are in the impacted area, follow the posted signs, watch for instructions on reader boards and go the way those directing traffic are sending you, even if it is not your preferred route.
Parking:
Businesses in the area have been very generous to offer community parking, and Valley Regional Transit has stepped in to graciously provide free shuttles from some of the commercial/business parking areas.
The Gateway Shopping center around JCPenney is offering free parking and there will be shuttle buses from that location to the perimeter of the Idaho Center.
Amazon is allowing free parking on their nearby site and Valley Regional Transit will also be offering free shuttle services from this lot.
Understand the shuttles will get you near the perimeter of the Idaho Center complex, but they will not be delivering riders to the entrances or entrance ramps.
Several businesses around the Idaho Center complex, including Walmart, College of Western Idaho and Edmark Toyota, are offering sections of their parking lots for overflow parking. For the immediate business areas, you will need to walk to the memorial service venue. Please only park in business lots that are marked with “funeral parking” signs.
When you are choosing a parking spot, be respectful of the residents and businesses in the area of the Idaho Center and be cautious of increased traffic when you are walking to the Ford Idaho Center.
During this time, if you do not have a police matter, please do not call Nampa Dispatch for parking or traffic questions. They will be busy helping keep our community safe.
Everyone is invited to attend, but you must arrive very early, be patient with each other and be mindful of businesses located nearby. Understand there will be traffic delays and traffic tie ups all afternoon.
Thank you for being considerate and respectful of each other, and please remember the reason we are gathering for this very somber occasion.
Thank You for your attention to these details.
Thank You for your support of Deputy Bolter and his family.
