Road Construction Update for M25 and L51
Road construction Updates: 09/20/2024
L51
On Monday 9/23 the pavement transition areas on both ends of the project will be milled in and I believe at connecting paved side roads as well (D15), so there will be a bump in those locations. Tuesday the choke stone base and intermediate paving will begin from the south end to the North. Care must be taken for there will be times when this process will leave an uneven lane (3.5”) which if not careful could cause an issue if dropping of the edge or bumping it while traveling. Barricades will be placed on each end of an uneven lane section and advance warning signs will be placed notifying you of the uneven lane. You will also experience sections of road with not centerline striping during the construction of this project, so care must be taken when driving on L51. This process will take place Tuesday through Friday and possibly Monday of next week as well. Once that process is completed, the surface lift will be placed and that should take 3 days.
M25
The traveling public will find that all the paving on M25 has been completed but construction is still not done. The painter has experienced equipment failure but hopes to be back on Tuesday or Wednesday (9/24 or 9/25) to paint the centerline on the project. Edge line will be painted after the shouldering is completed. They will only have an attenuator following them so please watch out for this process, you could come upon them quickly. The granular shoulders will begin to be placed on Monday. PCI will be working from the South of the project to the north. There will be delays since work will be guided by flaggers and pilot car. PCI hope to complete 2 lane miles a day so the shouldering will take place all week. Care should be taken when traveling on sections of road where the shoulders are complete, even new shoulders can be soft.
Thank you,
Ida County Engineer
Jeff Williams
Road construction Updates: 09/09/2024
L51
PCI will continue installing the subdrain. They are working on the West side of the road and working from the N to South. PCI is hoping to be done Tuesday or Wednesday (9/10 or 9/11). Patching of concrete will take place sometime this week by Tenpoint Construction. The next phases of construction for this project depend on the progress of construction on M25. The traveling public should be aware that the subdrain process does disturb the shoulder area next to the highway and even though the trench is compacted after placement of the subdrain the shoulder area could still have some soft spots.
M25
The pavement scarification was completed on M25 this last Wednesday and Blacktop Service began paving the asphalt interlayer lift on Thursday. The paving is traveling from South to North. The interlayer should be completed Monday (9/9), then will immediately begin to pave the asphalt intermediate and asphalt surface lifts. There is potential for uneven lanes during the asphalt paving process. This project also had the subdrain installed so travelers should be aware that the shoulder could have some soft spots as well.
Road construction Updates: 09/03/2024
L51
The subdrain installation will continue on L51 on Tuesday 9/3 through Friday 9/6/24. Then will return the next week on 9/9/24 and should be able to complete the subdrain on that week. So far PCI has completed most of the Northbound side of L51. They have about ½ of a mile to complete of the Northbound lane on 9/3 the will start on the Southbound lane, working from the North to the South. Placing the subdrain in the shoulder area makes the shoulder softer than normal so the traveling public needs to be careful not to drive on the shoulder since they may be soft.
M25
The pavement scarification will continue North of Galva to Ida County line on Tuesday 9/3/24 and should be done early afternoon Wednesday 9/4/24. The paving of the asphalt interlayer will begin on Thursday 9/5/24 and will pave from Hwy 20 N to the County line. During the asphalt paving of M25 there will be times where there will be uneven lanes. The traveling public needs to reduce their speed and take care when traveling on M25 during the life of this project.
