{"id":1835,"date":"2014-06-20T15:38:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T22:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2014-06-20T15:38:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T22:38:37","slug":"citywide-road-resurfacing-project-update-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/citywide-road-resurfacing-project-update-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Citywide Road Resurfacing Project Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

A citywide street repaving project that began in mid May and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from June 23rd<\/sup> through June 27th<\/sup>. The City is spending about $15 million dollars this year completing a \u201cgrind and overlay\u201d project, which involves removing old and deteriorated asphalt and replacing it with new asphalt, in order to recondition more than 90 lane miles of roadway sections in different parts of Yakima.<\/p>\n

From Monday, June 23rd<\/sup> through Friday, June 27th<\/sup>, periodic lane closures will occur each day from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm on 40th<\/sup> Avenue between Fruitvale Boulevard and River Road, on 24th<\/sup> Avenue between Washington Avenue and Nob Hill Boulevard, on Yakima Avenue between 12th<\/sup> Avenueand 16th<\/sup> Avenue, and on Tieton Drive between 16th<\/sup> Avenue and 32nd<\/sup> Avenue.<\/p>\n

The following sections of streets will be completely closed to traffic overnight from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am on different days during the week of June 23rd<\/sup> to June 27th<\/sup>:<\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40th<\/sup> Avenue between River Road and Englewood Avenue \u2013 June 23rd<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40th<\/sup> Avenue between Englewood and Summitview Avenue \u2013 June 24th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 40th<\/sup> Avenue between Fruitvale and Summitview \u2013 June 25th<\/sup> and June 26th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lincoln Avenue between 24th<\/sup> and 32nd<\/sup> \u2013 June 26th<\/sup> and June 27th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 24th<\/sup> Avenue between Washington and Nob Hill \u2013 June 25th<\/sup> and June 26th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tieton between 16th<\/sup> and 32nd<\/sup> \u2013 June 23rd<\/sup> through June 25th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Summitview between Yakima and 16th<\/sup> \u2013 June 25th<\/sup> and June 26th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 West MLK, Jr. Boulevard between 1st<\/sup> Avenue and Pierce Avenue \u2013 June 23rd<\/sup> and<\/p>\n

June 24th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Pierce between Summitview and Lincoln \u2013 June 23rd<\/sup> and June 25th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Walnut Avenue between 1st<\/sup> Street and 7th<\/sup> Avenue \u2013 June 23rd<\/sup> through June 26th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 D Street between 1st<\/sup> Avenue and 5th<\/sup> Avenue \u2013 June 23rd<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 East MLK, Jr. Boulevard between 1st<\/sup> Street and 8th<\/sup> Street \u2013 June 24th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 East Lincoln Avenue between 1st<\/sup> Street and 10th<\/sup> Street \u2013 June 25th<\/sup><\/p>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 North 6th<\/sup> Avenue between Yakima Avenue and H Street \u2013 June 26th<\/sup><\/p>\n

Detour routes will be in place so drivers can go around the closed portions of those streets.<\/p>\n

A map showing the sections of roads that will be repaved during the project is posted on the City\u2019s website at https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/apps\/streets\/resurfacing\/<\/a>. Updated travel alerts related to the resurfacing project can also be found by clicking on that link.<\/p>\n

Access to homes and businesses in the project areas will be maintained as best as possible and emergency vehicles will be allowed through the project areas if necessary.<\/p>\n

For additional information regarding the grind and overlay project, contact Senior Engineer Bob Desgrosellier at 575-6228.<\/p>\n

Citywide Road Resurfacing Project Update – News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A citywide street repaving project that began in mid May and will continue until this fall will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from June 23rd through June 27th. The City is spending about $15 million dollars this year completing a \u201cgrind and overlay\u201d project, which involves removing old and deteriorated asphalt and replacing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1837,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions\/1837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}