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Project Title & Location
NSC - Francis Avenue to Farwell Road - Construct New Roadway
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Project Description
Constructs two lanes of the North Spokane Corridor between Farwell Road and Francis Avenue. Provides a new road between these two major county roads and completes the grading between US 2 and Wandermere. This project will increase capacity and reduce travel time. There will be two lanes when this project is completed.
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Contractor/Consultant
Max J. Kuney Company and KLB Construction
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Recent Progress
The project will have four contracts. The first contract, Farwell Road Lowering, opened Farwell Road to traffic on June 4, 2005 and will be completed under estimated costs. The second contract, Gerlach to Wandermere Grading, completed the roadway clearing and placement of 95% percent of the roadway fill for the U.S. 2 detour. Work has started on the Market Street detour and the realignment of Hawthorne Road. The detours will be completed in early July 2005. Design work is underway for the remaining two contracts, Francis Avenue to U.S. 2 – Grading and Paving, and Francis Avenue to U.S. 2 – Structures.
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Design Construction Impacts
As noted in the March 2005 and June 2005 Gray Notebooks, costs for both Nickel funded projects on the North Spokane Corridor could increase at completion in 2011, due to higher than anticipated costs in Right of Way acquisition and construction materials. The region is investigating project design changes to reduce costs and develop alternative funding proposals to address this cost increase
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Environmental Impacts / Compliance
No impacts at this time
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Impacts to Traffic
There will be lane closures on US 2 to one lane in each direction at times during detour construction. Minor delays are expected during the lane reduction. The Center Road/US 2 intersection has been permanently closed. Napa Road was also closed and cul-de-sacs were built at Wringer Road and Garden Road.
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