The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has awarded Quarterhill Inc. a contract valued at approximately $1.78 million USD to maintain, support and modernize the systems that screen commercial trucks at six ports of entry across the state, the company announced on Monday, November 9.
Source: PR Newswire — Quarterhill announcement
The agreement has an initial one-year term that began on October 1, 2026, and includes an option for one additional year by mutual agreement. It covers the East Boise, Declo, Huetter, Inkom, Sage Junction and Lewiston port of entry facilities — the checkpoints that sit on Idaho's main freight corridors, Interstate 84, Interstate 90, Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95.
What the screening network actually does
The contract supports the full technology stack that makes up Idaho's commercial vehicle screening network: weigh-in-motion technology, electronic screening, automated vehicle identification, license plate recognition, enforcement cameras and integrated roadside operations platforms.
Working together, those systems let transportation officials spot potential safety concerns — an overweight load, a carrier with a poor safety record, a credential problem — while allowing compliant trucks to keep moving at or near highway speed instead of queuing at a static scale house.
Maintenance now, new equipment at several sites
Working closely with ITD, Quarterhill will provide preventive and corrective maintenance, software licensing, technical support and training across the network. The agreement also includes replacement and modernization of roadside equipment at multiple sites, which the company says will extend system life, reduce disruptions and improve performance.
"Maintaining the reliability and performance of transportation infrastructure is just as important as deploying it," said Chuck Myers, chief executive of Quarterhill. He said the award reflects ITD's continued confidence in his team and a "shared commitment to ensuring safer roads and more efficient freight movement," and he described Idaho's operation as "one of the nation's most advanced commercial vehicle operations programs."
Source: PR Newswire — Quarterhill announcement
A long-running Idaho relationship
Quarterhill and its subsidiary International Road Dynamics (IRD) have supplied Idaho weigh-station technology for years — IRD previously delivered weigh-in-motion and electronic pre-clearance systems at the Declo port of entry on I-84 and electronic pre-clearance at Huetter, among other sites. Monday's award, also covered by the trucking trade publication The Trucker, is a maintenance-and-modernization renewal of an existing network. It announces no new rules, fees or inspection requirements for drivers.
Source: The Trucker — Idaho to upgrade commercial truck screening systems
For compliant carriers running I-84, I-90, I-15 or US-95 through Idaho, dependable screening means the bypass keeps working and a legal load does not lose time at the scale. Drivers may see roadside equipment work at some ports during the contract, but no rule change for drivers was announced.
Why it matters on the northern corridors
I-84 and I-15 are workhorse routes for long-haul drivers — including many Punjabi and South Asian owner-operators based in the Pacific Northwest, California and western Canada — moving freight between the Northwest ports, Utah and the Mountain West. On those runs, the difference between a screening system that works and one that is down is measured in minutes or an hour at a port of entry, multiplied across every trip in a season.
What happens next
Quarterhill's maintenance, support and equipment-modernization work runs under the initial term that began October 1, 2026 and runs through late September 2027; ITD and the company will then decide whether to exercise the one-year extension option. Trucking outlets and the state typically announce any lane or port work tied to equipment replacement as specific site schedules are set.