Update for May 14, 2010
The Summer road opening / closure schedule starts Monday, May 17th.
For the week of May 17th to May 21st the Contractor will be working nights continuing to place rebar and forms for a concrete pour, continued subgrade work, curb and gutter forming in one or two areas and possible culvert installation(s).
The Contractor will be working from 4:00pm through 6:00am - Monday through Thursday night.
For those of you planning on visiting the area to camp, hunt, fish, and/or just to enjoy the area, the Salmon River Road may have changed since your last visit, so please be cautious and patient when traveling through the construction area and abide by the signs and temporary traffic signals placed for your safety, and everyone else’s safety also.
Here is a glance at the week of May 17th through May 21st showing the schedule for road openings / closures:
Contractor personnel installing temporary diversion pipe in Cat Creek
Curb & Gutter forms
UPCOMING LOCAL EVENTS
Sacred Salmon Ceremony: May 22, 2010
Phone: 208-628-3523
This ceremony is an aesthetic and spiritual appreciation of the annual return of the Salmon Nation to the Salmon River. The ceremony dates back to the first people of the land and is conducted each year by Horace Axtell, a traditional Nez Perce spiritual leader.
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The Bigwater Blowout River Festival: June 5, 2010
Contact Email: info@bigwaterblowout.com
Help kick off the summer with a celebration of Riggins with sample rafting, the delicious Dutch oven cook-off, kids games and vendors in the Park. This is an action packed, family fun event with experienced Outfitters and Guides offering discounted raft trips all day. Come paddle HUGE Rapids, and enjoy the magnificent scenery and wildlife in the second deepest gorge in North America. Get your thrill seeking in, and see all the rafts, catarafts, kayaks, and dories go BIG and ride boat munching waves with names like The Pencil Sharpener, The Pancake Wave, The Big Easy and The Haystack
http://www.bigwaterblowout.com/
Gary Wrightman
Project Engineer
Western Federal Lands Highway Division
Federal Highway Administration
If you would like to provide a comment, click here: salmonriver@dot.gov