Road work set for next week in Quincy
CHERYL SCHWEIZER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 5 months AGO
Touching up the surface of State Route 28 in Quincy will begin next week, but it isn't the only road work in the Basin.
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Senior Reporter Cheryl Schweizer is a journalist with more than 30 years of experience serving small communities in the Pacific Northwest. She began her post-high-school education at Treasure Valley Community College and enerned her journalism degree at Oregon State University. After working for multiple publications, she has settled down at the Columbia Basin Herald and has been a staple of the newsroom for more than a decade. Schweizer’s dedication to her communities and profession has earned her the nickname “The Baroness of Bylines.” She covers a variety of beats including health, business and various municipalities. | March 21, 2025 1:15 AM
QUINCY — Spring is in the air, and that means, among many other things, the start of road construction season.
Road crews will be doing some crack-sealing work at night along State Route 28 in Quincy beginning Sunday night. Drivers should plan for some delays through Wednesday night at least, according to a press release from the Washington Department of Transportation.
“Working hours are 7 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. Sunday through Wednesday nights to reduce traffic delays,” wrote Lauren Loebsack, WSDOT Region 6 communications manager. “Crews will crack seal the highway through the city from the intersection of Road S Northwest to the intersection of O&M Road east of the canal.”
Loebsack said drivers should plan for flagger-controlled traffic.
“The project is scheduled to wrap up the morning of March 27, but the work is weather dependent,” Loebsack said. “Rain, snow or severe cold could cause delays.”
People who use Westshore Drive already know about the project to repave and add curbs, gutters and sidewalk to a section that doesn’t have them now. The work started March 10 and is projected to continue through mid-July.
Grant County Engineer David Bren said in an earlier interview that the project originally was scheduled for 2026, but funding became available sooner than expected.
“It’s two miles of road on Westshore that is going to be reconstructed,” Bren said. “Unfortunately, it’ll be difficult for a while, but once it’s all done it will be beautiful. But it will be difficult.”
Detours are available along Road F Northeast and Road E Northeast, Bren said.
Work on the Vantage Bridge also has begun for the summer, with that work also starting March 10. Summer Derrey, WSDOT assistant communications manager for the south-central region, said in an earlier interview the bridge is reduced to one lane in each direction with a 40-mile-per-hour speed limit and width restrictions.
The bridge will have one lane open in each direction seven days per week, 24 hours per day, through May 23. Both lanes will be open in both directions from May 23 through July 8, then the bridge will go back to one lane eastbound and westbound through the end of construction season in late October.
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