Update for June 3, 2010
The Summer road opening / closure schedule started Monday, May 17th.
For the week of June 7th to June 11th the Contractor will be working nights to finish backfilling Wall 6, continued subgrade work, culvert installation(s), and possible base aggregate placement in selected areas.
The Contractor will be working this week from 4:00pm through 6:00am – Monday through Thursday night
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 June 7th through June 11th showing the schedule for road openings / closures
Night crew constructing MSE Wall 6A
Looking back on line at MSE Wall 6A and Wall 6
Salmon fishing brings campers to Short’s Bar
UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
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