6/29/2011
Final pavement work to begin July 6 on U.S. 95, Wyoming Avenue to Idaho 53
COEUR D’ALENE – A major traffic shift will be required for the final pavement work on U.S. 95, from Wyoming Avenue to Idaho 53, the Idaho Transportation Department announced. Work is set to begin Wednesday (July 6) and finish by September.
Traffic will be shifted from a divided four lane road to an undivided two lane road. Traffic will be rerouted at median crossovers placed at either end of the project.
The southbound lanes will be closed for paving for two to three weeks, and two-way traffic placed on the northbound lanes. When completed, traffic will be shifted again to the southbound lanes, and the northbound lanes will be paved.
Once paving is complete, the traffic signal at Lancaster Road will be activated.
The speed limit will be reduced to 45 mph at all times through the length of the project corridor.
The contractor for this $6 million project is Interstate Concrete and Asphalt, of Coeur d'Alene. The project is funded with savings from federal highway stimulus projects bid last year.