7/21/2009
Advisory: Aug. 12 groundbreaking for Chubbuck/Pocatello highway construction project
MEDIA ADVISORY:
POCATELLO -- Aug. 12 groundbreaking for Chubbuck/Pocatello highway construction project
Idaho Gov. C.L. Butch Otter local officials will assemble Aug. 12 for an afternoon ceremony to break ground on the $8.1 million Interstate 86, Chubbuck Interchange to Pocatello Creek Interchange project.
The 1:30 p.m. ceremony for the Chubbuck Interchange to Pocatello Creek Interchange project will be on Bullock Street, southeast of the I-86/Chubbuck Interchange. Traveling north on Yellowstone Avenue, turn right on Bullock Avenue. The ceremony will be adjacent to the interstate near where the new auxiliary lane will be built. It will be clearly marked by signs.
Gov. Otter and other event participants will be available following the groundbreaking to address your questions.
Camera crews are asked to arrive no later than 1:15 p.m. For your convenience, an area will be reserved for you to set up video cameras to record the event.
The highway construction project, which uses federal stimulus funds, will add auxiliary lanes on Yellowstone Avenue to the Interstate 86/Chubbuck Interchange, east to I-15 and south to the Pocatello Creak Interchange. The additional 3.4 miles of new highway will enable local travelers move more quickly and efficiently throughout the Pocatello metropolitan area.
Construction should be complete by mid-2011.
An estimated 145 jobs will be created or preserved by the two-year project.
More information, including a media packet, will be available later. Please direct your questions to the Idaho Transportation Department, (208) 334-8005.
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MEDIA NOTE (not for dissemination):
Video/photos: Video clips and photos of the ceremony will be available on Aug. 12 after 3 p.m. for downloading from the Idaho Transportation Departments FTP site: ftp://ftp1.idaho.gov. Log on with the user name itdcommu and use the password W39gy7D2. For those who do not have the FTP software, the video and photos can be retrieved from http://itd.idaho.gov/Groundbreaking/index.asp.
Radio: Audio clips from the Aug. 12 ceremony will be e-mailed directly to radio stations following the ceremony.
Print media: An embargoed news release about the Interstate-86 Chubbuck Interchange to Pocatello Creek Interchange groundbreaking ceremony will be distributed to statewide media at 11:30 a.m. for release after 2 p.m.