Highway paving set to start next week

Highway paving set to start next week

ITD still projecting September finish date for road work

By TERRY SMITH Express Staff Writer

Paving is expected to start the week of July 28 on the northbound lanes of the state Highway 75 construction project south of Ketchum. The two southbound lanes were finished earlier this summer and are now being used to move traffic, northbound and southbound, through the 3.25-mile construction zone. In a construction update issued Wednesday, the Idaho Transportation Department explained that roadway preparation is nearly complete for paving, but that actual paving wont start until an asphalt test strip is applied and deemed acceptable by ITD. ITD is still projecting that the project will be completed by the end of September. Construction activities impacting traffic are anticipated to be finished by mid-September. The project, started in 2013, involves widening Highway 75 from Timber Way just north of East Fork Road to the bridge over the Big Wood River near St. Lukes Wood River hospital. When finished, the section of highway will have two lanes in each direction and center turning lanes and deceleration lanes at major intersections. ITD further reported in the construction update that:

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Highway paving set to start next week