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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
Freya to Francis Vic.-Grading and Structures-Steelman Duff, Freya St. to Farwell Rd.-PCCP Paving - Acme Concrete Paving, Inc., BNSF RR Tunnel - Scarsella Bros.
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Recent Progress
The first three contracts, Farwell Road Lowering, Gerlach to Wandermere Grading and Francis Avenue to U.S. 2 – Structures have been completed. The fourth contract, Freya to Francis Vic. – Grading and Structures. This project is essentially complete. Only a few minor punchlist items remain. Punchlist work will resume this Spring. The fifth contract, Freya St. to Farwell Rd. – PCCP Paving was executed on May 23, 2007. The contract resumed working days as of 5/26/09. The Contractor is completing electrical work, erosion control work, signing and striping, and punchlist items. The sixth contract, BNSF RR Tunnel was executed on 12/14/2007. All of the footings and stem walls have been completed; final pour date was 8/25/2008. The 444 tunnel arch pieces were placed between 8/18/2008 and 9/19/2008. Work was shut down from 12/17/2008 until 4/6/2009. There were some erosion control issues over the winter that the contractor repaired. The wing walls were completed on 5/5/2009. The contractor is currently placing drainage items, embankment, and fencing. They will prepare the roadway for placing CSBC, HMA, and PCCP. Seeding, fertilizer, mulch, and compost have been placed in borrow sites and on the finished slopes. During all phases of the construction there has been a BNSF flagger on site daily and a BPA safety watcher when equipment is utilized within BPA easement areas.
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