4/7/2010
Traffic on Caldwell's 21st Avenue restricted this week and next
BOISE -
The Idaho Transportation Department advises motorists that weekday traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction on 21st
Avenue for the remainder of this week (April 5-9) and part of next week (April 12-16) as crews work to
improve Franklin Road between 21st and Chicago Street in Caldwell.
Flaggers will direct motorists through the area from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Minimal delays are expected. Two lanes will be open to traffic during the weekend. The lane reduction is necessary to allow trucks to move construction material from Commercial Way to Franklin Road.
Franklin Road remains closed while the roadway is
reconstructed and realigned to match up with the new five-lane roadway
constructed last summer. Motorists
are detoured to 21st and Chicago. The detour will be in place
through this summer, when work at the intersection concludes. Businesses on
Franklin can be accessed via Chicago.
Commercial Way between Specht Avenue and Franklin also is closed to through traffic while crews work to align commercial way with
the new Franklin alignment, and install a new signal at the Franklin-21st intersection. The intersection is about
one-quarter mile west of the newly-reconstructed Franklin Road Interchange
(Exit 29).
The project will improve sight distance and safety on 21st
Avenue. The project also includes excavation, new asphalt pavement, curb and
gutter, sidewalk and lighting.
The first phase of this project, about a quarter-mile section of 21st Avenue, was rebuilt last summer. The three-lane roadway was widened to
five lanes.
Work on this phase is scheduled for completion in September.
Central Paving Co. of Boise is the contractor on this $1.66 million
project. Central Paving also was the contractor on the first phase of the project
last summer.