RIGBY - Seal coating on U.S. 93 between Idaho 75 and Ellis, funded with new revenue, will begin Monday (June 27). The seal coat is scheduled for completion July 18.

Travel will be reduced to one lane, with flaggers directing traffic through the work zone. Motorists can expect delays. The speed limit will be reduced to 35 mph.

Drivers should observe posted speed limits and keep a safe distance from other vehicles to reduce potential windshield damage.

Commercial haulers transporting permitted loads wider than 14 feet need to contact Resident Engineer Matt Davison (208-745-5686) or Staff Engineer Drew Meppen (208-745-5627) 24 hours in advance for special authorization to pass through the construction zone.

The Idaho Transportation Department awarded Geneva Rock Products Inc., of Murray, Utah, the $700,000 contract.

Following the Idaho Legislature's additional funding approval — the state’s first transportation-revenue increase in nearly two decades — the Idaho Transportation Board advanced a group of projects in 2015 for maintenance and repair. Doing so enabled the advancement of dozens of other critically needed road and bridge projects statewide in the future. This seal coating is one of the projects advanced through the initiative.

Click here for the status of the statewide projects funded by new revenue.