2/15/2011
Left-turn movements restricted at U.S. 95 and Lancaster for installation of traffic signals at intersection
COEUR d'ALENE - All left turns will be restricted at the intersection of U.S. 95 and Lancaster Road, beginning March 1, the Idaho Transportation Department announced. The median crossing at the intersection will be closed while crews assemble and erect structures for a traffic signal.
The project will begin, and the restrictions will be in place, on March 1. Work requiring the left-turn restrictions is expected to take about one week to complete. When the span over the median is in place, the median will be reopened. Daily closures will occur as work progresses to install the U.S. 95 spans. The median will reopen at night.
Boekel Road is the designated detour route. Right turns onto Lancaster and onto U.S. 95 will be permitted.
Once installation is complete, the signal heads will be
covered and will not become operational until the final layer of pavement and
pavement striping are completed later this spring.
The contractor for this $6 million project is Interstate Concrete and Asphalt, of Coeur d'Alene. Signal and intersection work is part of a project to widen U.S. 95 between Wyoming Avenue and the Idaho 53 junction south of Garwood. Funding is provided through savings from other American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (federal stimulus) projects that were bid in 2010.
ITD and the Idaho State Police caution motorists to slow down and pay attention when driving in work zones, where increased speeding fines and other penalties apply. Motorists are encouraged to plan ahead and dial 5-1-1 or visit 511.idaho.gov for information on the state highway or interstate system.