Traffic Update for NID's Banner Cascade Pipeline Project Construction

11/1/11

Traffic Update for NID's Banner Cascade Pipeline Project Construction

Final pavement installation on Red Dog Cross Road, Lola's Echo Road, and Oak Ridge Road will be underway Tuesday, 11/1 and Wednesday, 11/2.   Expect delays up to twenty minutes during the paving operation.  One lane of traffic will be available until 8:00AM to facilitate access for getting students to school on time.

Construction at Madrone Forest Drive near the Idaho Maryland Road intersection is scheduled to begin Thursday, November 3, weather permitting.  Raw water pipeline installation on the Overland section will connect to the existing pipeline on Madrone Forest Drive, blocking through traffic on Idaho Maryland Road for up to twenty minutes.  The connection is expected to take two to three days to complete.  Watch for signage and flaggers to safely direct traffic through the construction zone.  Please consider using an alternate route to avoid driving through the construction zone. If traveling east of Madrone Forest Drive on Idaho Maryland Road, residents may use Banner Lava Cap Road and Old Tunnel Road to access Brunswick Road.  If weather conditions postpone installation, then it will be rescheduled for the following week.

Construction on Wings of Morning Drive continues this week.  Work finalizing appurtenances and culverts is underway.  Detours will be set up to direct traffic around construction in order to avoid delays.  Treated water pipeline installation to begin this week on the west end of WOMD after the appurtenances are installed, weather permitting.  WOMD area residents will continue using the Sesame Street detour while the treated water pipeline is installed.

Treated water pipeline installation on Red Gate Road is scheduled to begin the week of November 7.

If you need further information, contact Hugh Gordon, Project Ombudsman, at (530) 263-4352, email: Hugh-lu@att.net, or visit our webpage at www.nidbannercascade.com. 

Notices:

Final pavement installation will begin Tuesday, 11/1 and Wednesday, 11/2, on Red Dog Cross Road, Lola's Echo Road, and Oak Ridge Road.   Expect delays up to twenty minutes during the paving operation.  One lane of traffic will be left open until 8:00AM to facilitate access for getting students to school.

Weather permitting, Construction at Madrone Forest Drive near the Idaho Maryland Road intersection is scheduled to begin Thursday, 11/3, or Friday, 11/4, after 8:00 AM.  Raw water pipeline installation will block through traffic on Idaho Maryland Road causing delays up to twenty minutes.  Watch for signage and flaggers to safely direct traffic through the construction zone.  Emergency vehicles will be given immediate access. 

If weather conditions postpone installation, then it will be rescheduled.

Please consider using an alternate route to avoid driving through the construction zone. If traveling east of Madrone Forest Drive on Idaho Maryland Road, use Banner Lava Cap Road and Old Tunnel Road to access Brunswick Road.

Work to finalize appurtenances and culverts will continue along

Wings Of Morning Drive this week.   Detours will be set up to direct traffic around construction in order to avoid delays. Treated water pipeline installation to begin this week on the west end of WOMD after the appurtenances are installed, weather permitting.  WOMD area residents will continue using the Sesame Street detour while the treated water pipeline is installed.

Emergency vehicles will be given immediate access.

Banner Cascade Pipeline Project Construction Schedule

10/31/11 to 11/25/11

■ Banner Lava Cap Road, between Red Gate Road and E. George WTP:

·        Raw water pipeline installation is completed; testing will start in November.  

·        Final paving to be scheduled after completion of treated water installation on Red Gate Road.

■ Red Gate Road:

·        Treated water pipeline installation will begin the week of November 7. 

·        Final paving to be scheduled after completion of treated water installation. 

■ Overland from Madrone Forest Drive to Red Gate Road:

·        Weather permitting, raw and treated water pipeline installations to begin Thursday, 11/3, or Friday, 11/4.  Traffic on Idaho Maryland Road will be impacted by delays up to twenty minutes during the connection to Madrone Forest Drive.  Please use an alternate route, if possible.  If weather conditions postpone installation, then it will be rescheduled for next week.

■ Madrone Forest Drive: Final cleanup ongoing.  No delays anticipated.

■ Overland between Madrone Forest Drive and the airport:

·        Additional erosion control and hydroseed has been applied.

■ Airport and Loma Rica Water Treatment Plant: 

·        Erosion control and hydroseed has been applied.

■ Lee Lane:  

·        Erosion control and hydroseed has been applied.

■ Idaho Maryland Road, between Lee Lane and Banner Lava Cap Road:

·        Restoration work has started and final hydroseed has been applied.

■ Banner Lava Cap Road, between Idaho Maryland Road and Wings of

Morning Drive:

·        Restoration work has started and final hydroseed has been applied.

■ Wings of Morning Drive (WOMD):

·        The large diameter raw water pipeline installation and connection to Banner Lava Cap Road has been completed.  Testing to follow.

·        Work finalizing appurtenances and culverts will continue along WOMD this week.   Detours will be set up to direct traffic around construction in order to avoid delays. 

·        Treated water pipeline installation to begin this week on the west end of WOMD after the appurtenances are installed, weather permitting.  WOMD area residents will continue using the Sesame Street detour while the treated water pipeline is installed.

·        Erosion control along the cut bank and gravel road has been installed along WOMD and will be maintained throughout the winter by NID.

■ Opalite Way/Snow Mountain Flow Control/Overland:

·        Control building construction work is progressing.

·        Raw water pipeline installation on Overland is completed.

■Red Dog Cross Road, Lola's Echo Road, and Oak Ridge Road:

·        Pavement installation will begin Tuesday, 11/1 and Wednesday, 11/2.   Expect delays up to twenty minutes during the paving operation.  One lane of traffic will be left open until 8:00AM to facilitate access for getting students to school on time.