Update for February 20, 2009
For the week of February 23rd through February 27th, the Contractor plans on continuing operations (drilling, blasting, possible excavation, and drilling of soil nails for wall construction) in one or two of the wall areas. Please be advised that the roadway is under the winter roadway opening/closure schedule for this week.
Night work is scheduled for this week; Monday night through Thursday night. Be prepared for 2 hour delays 8:00pm to 6:00am
NOTE: The “Women with Bait” Tournament continues this week, so be aware of the minor time changes to the opening / closure road schedule.
For those of you planning on visiting the area to camp, hunt, fish, and/or just to enjoy the area, the Salmon River Road may have changed since your last visit, so please be cautious and patient when traveling through the construction area and abide by the signs placed for your safety, and everyone else’s safety also.
For the detailed schedule for February, click on the ‘February 2009 Schedule’ in the orange TRAVEL INFO section above.
Here is a glance at the week of February 23rd to February 27th showing the Tuesday – Thursday mid-day road opening/closure times
Continuing rock cut work @ 4+900 +/-
Preparatory work @ Wall 14 (10+650 +/-)
Clearing slide debris adjacent to Wall 13 (10+430 +/-)
Gary Wrightman
Project Engineer
Western Federal Lands Highway Division
Federal Highway Administration
If you would like to provide a comment, click here: salmonriver@mail.wfl.fhwa.dot.gov