{"id":2159,"date":"2014-09-26T15:41:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T22:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=2159"},"modified":"2014-09-26T15:41:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T22:41:01","slug":"citywide-road-resurfacing-project-update-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/citywide-road-resurfacing-project-update-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Citywide Road Resurfacing Project Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An ongoing citywide street repaving project that began in May will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 29<sup>th<\/sup> through October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million.<\/p>\n<p>From Monday, September 29<sup>th<\/sup> through Friday, October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, periodic lane closures will occur each day from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm on Mead Avenue between 12<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and Fair Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>From 9:00 am on Monday, September 29<sup>th<\/sup> through 7:00 pm on Wednesday, October 1<sup>st<\/sup>, the intersection of MLK, Jr. Boulevard and North 8<sup>th<\/sup> Street will be closed to all traffic while the intersection is regraded and repaved. North 6<sup>th<\/sup> Street between Lincoln Avenue and H Street will be closed from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm on Thursday, October 2<sup>nd<\/sup>. The center lanes of 40<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue between River Road and Fruitvale Boulevard will be closed from 7:00 pm on October 1<sup>st<\/sup> through 6:00 am on October 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>Various sections of the following streets will be also be completely closed to traffic overnight from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am on different days during the week of September 29<sup>th<\/sup> to October 3<sup>rd<\/sup>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nob Hill Boulevard between 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Avenue and just west of the Nob Hill overpass<\/li>\n<li>MLK, Jr. Boulevard between 8<sup>th<\/sup> Street and Pierce Avenue<\/li>\n<li>Lincoln Avenue between 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street and 10<sup>th<\/sup> Street<\/li>\n<li>Washington Avenue between 15<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street<\/li>\n<li>6<sup>th<\/sup> Street between Lincoln Avenue and Pacific Avenue<\/li>\n<li>Mead Avenue between 10<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and Fair Avenue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Detour routes will be in place so drivers can go around the closed portions of those streets.<\/p>\n<p>A map showing the sections of roads that will be repaved during the project is posted on the City\u2019s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/apps\/streets\/resurfacing\/\">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<p>While the grind and overlay work is underway, traffic delays in the project areas will occur. Drivers should use alternate routes if possible until the work is completed.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>As always, the schedule for these types of projects is subject to change daily dependent on weather, equipment failure, and emergencies.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information regarding the grind and overlay project, contact Senior Engineer Bob Desgrosellier at 575-6228.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Citywide-Road-Repaving-Project-Update-News-Release1.pdf\">Citywide Road Repaving Project Update &#8211; News Release<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ongoing citywide street repaving project that began in May will affect traffic in several areas of Yakima from September 29th through October 3rd. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. From Monday, September 29th through Friday, October 3rd, periodic lane closures will<\/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-2159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159","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=2159"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2161,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2159\/revisions\/2161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}