Paving starts final phase
Coeur d'Alene Press | UPDATED 14 years, 5 months AGO
<p>JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Patty Harrington, with Eclipse Traffic, stop vehicles at Lancaster Road and U.S. 95 as construction works prepare the roadway Wednesday for final pavement work on from Wyoming Avenue to Idaho 53 that is expected to be finished by September. The speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph at all times through the length of the project corridor. Once paving is complete, the traffic signal at Lancaster Road will be activated.</p>
COEUR d'ALENE - Construction began Wednesday on final pavement work on U.S. Highway 95, from Wyoming Avenue to Idaho 53.
Traffic has been shifted from a divided four-lane road to an undivided two-lane road. Traffic was also rerouted at median crossovers placed at either end of the project.
The southbound lanes are closed for paving for two to three weeks, and two-way traffic placed on the northbound lanes. When completed, traffic will be shifted again to the southbound lanes, and the northbound lanes will be paved.
Once paving is complete, the traffic signal at Lancaster Road will be activated.
The speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph at all times through the length of the project corridor.
The contractor for this $6 million project is Interstate Concrete and Asphalt, of Coeur d'Alene.
Work is set to finish by September.