5/23/2013
Public meeting Wednesday (May 29) to discuss U.S. 93 widening and safety project
JEROME – The public is invited to attend an open house on Wednesday (May 29) to discuss a project that will widen a portion of U.S. 93 near 400 South Road in Jerome County to improve the safety of the intersection, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.
The section of U.S. 93 is traveled by about 6,000 vehicles per day. The primary goal of the roadwork, scheduled for construction in 2017, will be to improve safety for the 400 South Road intersection and widen the roadway for about a mile. Nine crashes have occurred in the area in the last five years.
Click here for a map of the project location.
The open house will be from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Idaho Department of Fish and Game Regional Office at 324 South 417 East in Jerome, located about two miles north of the Interstate 84 junction. ITD staff will be on hand to answer questions and gather comments about the proposed widening and improvement.
The work must comply with the findings of the Final Environmental Assessment that was approved in 2007. The assessment was completed for U.S. 93 from I-84 to the Idaho 25 junction and provides the guidelines for improvements to the entire corridor.
Illustrations of the project limits, as well as the entire corridor, will be available for view. ITD staff will discuss project needs, roadway design, right-of-way needs, and access control. ITD is collecting input from members of the public to discover potential issues to be addressed by the project.