Eden/Hazelton Highway to Get Makeover
EDEN, Idaho (KLIX)-Preparations are underway for a major summer rehabilitation project on the state highway that runs through the communities of Eden and Hazelton.
According to the Idaho Transportation Department, work on Idaho Highway 25 is set to begin this May and last through the summer to fall. Spokesperson Megan Stark said in an email the contractor, Western Construction, is currently making preparations for the project with a asphalt hot plant near the Hansen Bridge and stock-pilling material.
Plans are to completely reconstruct the road base and pavement between milepost 18 and Ridgeway Road.
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Gov. Brad Little addressing the media during a news conference in Blackfoot on Wednesday. | Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com
BLACKFOOT – Gov. Brad Little made a stop at Premier Technology in Blackfoot on Wednesday to discuss the plan he’s introducing to the Legislature to provide funding for multiple highway and infrastructure improvement projects throughout the state.
The Sustainable Transportation Funding proposal takes $80 million in state funds to go toward these projects. This is in addition to federal funds the state receives every year.
“We have to have sustainable, long-term funding for transportation,” Little said during a news conference. “When I was putting this together, I asked the Idaho Transportation Department to go to their local engineers and determine what the most critical projects were in specific areas. None of the projects are guaranteed a
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