5/12/2010
EAST BOISE: Broadway Avenue resurfacing to begin Monday
BOISE - The Idaho Transportation Department is advising motorists that a month-long resurfacing project
on Broadway Avenue (U.S. 20) from the Ridenbaugh Canal to the south side of the
I-84 junction is expected to begin Monday (May 17).
The Ridenbaugh Canal runs near the Federal Way Overpass. The project also will include work on the Federal Way ramps.
To minimize impacts to motorists, crews will work an evening and overnight
schedule (8 p.m. to 6 a.m.). All lanes will remain open during the day. At least one lane in
each direction will remain open during construction.
In this project, the top three inches of pavement will be milled off the surface and replaced. Work is expected to begin near the Ridenbaugh Canal end of the project. Sections of the roadway are deteriorated, cracked and rutted. The project will
extend the life of the roadway and result in a smoother ride.
All efforts will be made to maintain cross street and business access. However,
temporary closures can be expected as the paving process moves through the
project. The I-84 and Federal Way ramps will not be closed during the
day, but intermittent
closures of the Federal Way ramps will be in place on select evenings. Detours
will be established and advanced warning given prior to the intermittent
closures.
Crews also will be updating the traffic signals at the Federal Way and I-84
ramps to a video-detection system.
Broadway was resurfaced from Rossi Street to the Ridenbaugh Canal in fall 2008, including pedestrian ramp reconstruction. Broadway was resurfaced from the Boise River Bridge to Rossi Street in summer 2003.
Central Paving Co. of Boise is the contractor on this $556,000 project.