Road Report for January 21, 2010
Date:
01/21/2010Summary:
This week’s update of City of Yuma road construction projects.Contact:
Night Work on 16th Street; Traffic Signal Work on Avenue A Intersections Set for Sunday
16th Street Widening - ADOT Night Work, Lane and Turn Restrictions
Once weather conditions improve, ADOT crews will resume working to complete the newly constructed storm drain system by installing lateral piping. Lateral pipes run perpendicular underneath the roadway connecting to the main system on the south side of 16th Street. As a result of this work, 16th Street will be reduced to two lanes during the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday.
Left turns from 16th Street onto Arizona and Riley Avenues will be prohibited during nighttime work hours. During daytime work hours, four lanes will be open to traffic as well as left turns onto Arizona and Riley Avenues.
Crews are progressing on construction of the railroad bridge support structures. In the upcoming week, crews will begin work to construct a pier support on the south side of 16th Street as well as work on a bridge abutment on the north side. The bridge piers will support the center of the new widened bridge and abutments will support to ends of the bridge. Work is being conducted off the roadway and is not anticipated to affect traffic.
For more information, call the project hot line at 1-877-397-5202, e-mail 16thStreetWidening@azdot.gov or visit http://www.16thStreetWidening.com/ (This link will take you to an external website that is not part of the City of Yuma official website.)
Avenue A Widening
Traffic signal and water valve work is scheduled to take place Sunday in the 24th Street and Avenue A intersection, resulting in lane closures and left-turn restrictions as crews move from section to section. Traffic control is scheduled to be set up around 7 a.m. Sunday with the intent to finish by late that afternoon.
Elsewhere, curbing and sidewalk work is progressing on the west side of Avenue A between 16th and 24th streets. Westbound traffic cannot cross from Avenue A onto residential streets between 16th Street and 19th Street.
Current schedules call for paving the western lanes in early February.
Casa Manana Improvements
The Casa Manana Neighborhood Reconstruction Project consists of placing a storm drain system, removing and replacing the street lighting, removing the existing pavement and placing new pavement. Additionally, speed humps will be placed on Camino Alameda to mitigate existing problems with speeders.
32nd Street and East Main Canal - Qwest
Qwest work will result in a brief closure of the right westbound lane of 32nd Street in the vicinity of the East Main Canal (between avenues A and B) for approximately one month.
16th Street at Engler Avenue
City Utilities will need to do some water valve work on E. 16th Street/Highway 95 at Engler Avenue in the middle of next week. That will take out one lane of westbound traffic on Highway 95 and cut off left turns from eastbound 95 to northbound Engler.
For More Information
The City of Yuma appreciates the patience and understanding of the motoring public and all residents affected by infrastructure improvement projects. For information and assistance about how your business or residence might be affected by city construction projects, contact Greg Hyland, CPM, Director of Communications and Public Affairs at 373-5023, or 580-4751.
For further information, please contact Greg Hyland, CPM, the City of Yuma's Director of Communications & Public Affairs at (928) 373-5023 or by e-mail or Dave Nash, City of Yuma Public Affairs Coordinator at (928) 373-5015 or by e-mail.
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Media Contacts
Members of the media may contact Director of Communications and Public Affairs Greg Hyland, CPM at (928) 373-5023 or (928) 580-4751, or Public Affairs Coordinator Dave Nash at (928) 373-5015, or (928) 941-0199.
