{"id":2200,"date":"2014-10-06T14:50:39","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T21:50:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=2200"},"modified":"2014-10-06T14:50:39","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T21:50:39","slug":"citywide-road-resurfacing-project-update-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/citywide-road-resurfacing-project-update-20\/","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 October 6<sup>th<\/sup> through October 9<sup>th<\/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, October 6<sup>th<\/sup> through Thursday, October 9<sup>th<\/sup>, periodic lane closures will occur each day from 6:00 am to 4:00 pm on Washington Avenue between 15<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street and on 6<sup>th<\/sup> Street between Pacific Avenue and H Street.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, the center lanes of 40<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue within 300 feet both north and south of the intersection of 40<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and River Road will be closed from 7:00 pm to 6:00 am.<\/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 October 6<sup>th<\/sup> through October 9<sup>th<\/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>Mead Avenue between 11<sup>th<\/sup> Avenue and Fair Avenue<\/li>\n<li>MLK, Jr. Boulevard between 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street and 8<sup>th<\/sup> Street<\/li>\n<li>Lincoln Avenue between 1<sup>st<\/sup> Street and 10<sup>th<\/sup> Street<\/li>\n<li>Lincoln Avenue in the vicinity of Lewis Avenue and Clarke 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-Resurfacing-Project-Update-News-Release7.pdf\">Citywide Road Resurfacing 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 October 6th through October 9th. The project involves reconditioning more than 90 lane miles of roads and will cost a total of $15 million. From Monday, October 6th through Thursday, October 9th, 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-2200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200","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=2200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2202,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200\/revisions\/2202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}