Update for May 20, 2010
The Summer road opening / closure schedule started Monday, May 17th.
For the week of May 24th to May 28th the Contractor will be working nights continuing to place rebar and forms for a concrete pour, continued subgrade work, culvert installation(s), and possible base aggregate placement in selected areas.
The Contractor will be working from 4:00pm through 6:00am - Monday through Thursday night
That portion of the Salmon River Road under construction will be open to public traffic from 6:00am Friday, May 28th through 4:00pm Tuesday, June 1st. Have a safe holiday!
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 and temporary traffic signals placed for your safety, and everyone else’s safety also.
Here is a glance at the week of May 24th through May 28th showing the schedule for road openings / closures:
Curb & Gutter forms in place along the roadway
Wall 6 forming continues
Fisherman camping at Short’s Bar
UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
Sacred Salmon Ceremony: May 22, 2010
Phone: 208-628-3523
This ceremony is an aesthetic and spiritual appreciation of the annual return of the Salmon Nation to the Salmon River. The ceremony dates back to the first people of the land and is conducted each year by Horace Axtell, a traditional Nez Perce spiritual leader.
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The Bigwater Blowout River Festival: June 5, 2010
Contact Email: info@bigwaterblowout.com
Help kick off the summer with a celebration of Riggins with sample rafting, the delicious Dutch oven cook-off, kids games and vendors in the Park. This is an action packed, family fun event with experienced Outfitters and Guides offering discounted raft trips all day. Come paddle HUGE Rapids, and enjoy the magnificent scenery and wildlife in the second deepest gorge in North America. Get your thrill seeking in, and see all the rafts, catarafts, kayaks, and dories go BIG and ride boat munching waves with names like The Pencil Sharpener, The Pancake Wave, The Big Easy and The Haystack
http://www.bigwaterblowout.com/
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