7/19/2013
Reed Hollinshead
ITD Communication
208-334-8881
reed.hollinshead@itd.idaho.gov
Resurfacing on Idaho 52 and Idaho 16 in Payette and Gem counties starts July 26
BOISE - A 17-mile stretch of Idaho 52 and Idaho 16 in Payette and Gem County will be resurfaced beginning with milling highway approaches Friday (July 26), the Idaho Transportation Department announced. The project is expected to take less than two months to complete, finishing in late September.
Approximately 12 miles of Idaho 52 will be resurfaced using a resurfacing method called a Stress Absorbing Fiberglass Layer with Emulsified Asphalt (SAFLEA), followed by approximately two inches of new Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA). Four additional miles of Idaho 52, and one mile of Idaho 16, will follow suit with an HMA application as well.
The SAFLEA and paving is expected to start July 29.
Crews will work a daytime schedule in the Emmett area and minimize interference with traffic during morning and evening commute hours.
Click here for a project map.
A SAFLEA treatment is a seal coat with a layer of chopped glass fibers between the oil and gravel aggregates to enhance durability and reduce cracking.
Crews also will perform approximately 100 feet of guardrail upgrades near canal and irrigation structures, improve a half-dozen pedestrian ramps to comply with Americans with Disabilities Act requirements, and upgrade a trio of traffic signals near Emmett to video-detection units.
The intersections at
Washington Avenue, South Johns Avenue and Substation Road will be upgraded from
loop-detection systems imbedded in the pavement near the Stop Bar.
The Hamilton’s Corner intersection on Idaho 52 will be upgraded to improve
visibility for drivers, with beacons affixed to the existing signs.
Idaho Sand & Gravel, of Nampa, is the apparent low bidder on this $4.2
million project.