6/18/2010
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
CALDWELL: Paving on Commercial Way planned for Saturday, Monday-Tuesday
CALDWELL
- The Idaho Transportation Department advises motorists on Commercial way to
expect lane restrictions tomorrow (Saturday, June 19) as crews begin paving.
Flaggers
will direct motorists through the work zone.
Work will
continue on Monday and Tuesday, and will include Specht and 21st Avenues.
Paving is anticipated to be completed on Tuesday, weather permitting.
This is
part of the intersection reconstruction at Franklin and 21st Avenue. Commercial
Way between Specht and Franklin is closed to through traffic. Franklin is
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 streets. Businesses on Franklin can be
accessed via Chicago.
The
Franklin/21st intersection is about one-quarter mile west of the newly
reconstructed Franklin Interchange (Exit 29). The project will improve sight
distance and safety on 21st and includes new asphalt pavement, curb and gutter,
sidewalk and lighting.
The first
phase of this project, about a quarter-mile section of 21st, was rebuilt last
summer. The three-lane roadway was widened to five lanes.
Work on
this phase is ahead of schedule and should be complete in early July.
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.