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Highway construction suspended during Fourth of July weekend

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BOISE – Anticipating heavier holiday-weekend traffic, work that could impact travel will be suspended in most cases on Idaho Transportation Department highway-construction projects statewide for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. There are special circumstances, detailed below, in which work is allowed.

ITD requires contractors on highway-construction projects to postpone work on any highway, except for normal maintenance operations, during the extended holiday weekend (July 3-5) if it could delay travelers.

Work IS allowed on the highway shoulders or anywhere else NOT impacting traffic.

Crews will return to most highway construction sites July 6, but some others may may not return to work until later in the week.

Some of those extremely rare conditions in which work may continue are:

– If crews are not working on a roadway open to the public;

– If the road is already closed and all traffic is using a designated detour;

– In an emergency situation (such as flooding) where the roadway has been damaged and requires repair; or

– On roads with very low traffic volumes.

“Knowing that the holiday weekend will bring more traffic than usual to Idaho highways, ITD is doing its part to remove impediments to traffic flow when possible,” explained ITD Chief Operations Officer Jim Carpenter.

“Like most of us, contractors have no interest in working over the holiday” he added. “Most would take these days off even if it was not required.”

ITD also reminds drivers to buckle up, follow posted speed limits and not drive impaired. Call 5-1-1 or check 511.idaho.gov for highway travel conditions.

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