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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I think the State is directing the Washington St. project,
and either the State or Feds are spending most of the money, not the City,
Donovan. The $500,000 figure to be spent by the City that you quote
relates to the Sixth St. reconstruction project. See the portions of the
following DN articles that I cut and pasted, below:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 20px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">More road construction on
the way for Moscow; ITD readies for makeover of Washington Street
</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px"></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">By Emily Thomason, For the Daily News </SPAN><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; font-color: gray">Published: 07-03-2006
</SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">Driving through downtown Moscow is
about to get a little more complicated. The Idaho Transportation Department
plans to begin a $1.4 million project to resurface Washington Street between
First and Eighth streets. The project is expected to begin in mid-July.
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<P>City crews already are rebuilding Sixth Street between Adams and Hayes
streets, with detours directing traffic toward Third Street. The city also plans
to resurface parts of Hayes and Third streets later this summer. Moscow Public
Works Director Les MacDonald said the city street projects will not be finished
by the time the state project begins. Detours will direct traffic to downtown.
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<P>ITD spokesman Mel Coulter said the Washington Street project will extend
until late August or early September. Parking on Washington Street will not be
available. Construction meetings will take place weekly, Coulter said. The
meetings will be open to the public and will give people the opportunity to
express their concerns.
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 20px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Moscow roadwork begins Monday;
expect delays </SPAN><BR><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 14px"></SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px">Staff report
</SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10px; font-color: gray">Published: 06-10-2006
</SPAN><BR><BR></FONT><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Moscow drivers can expect to run into delays and detours
as road construction on Sixth Street between Adams and Hayes streets begins on
Monday. </FONT>The city of Moscow has selected S & S Contracting, Inc. of
Lewiston to perform the reconstruction at a cost of $556,000. The placement of
construction and detour signs will begin on Monday and demolition and other
construction will follow. Moscow Director of Engineering Services Dave Klatt
said traffic will be detoured away from Sixth Street to Third Street at
Jefferson and Hayes streets.
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<P>The Idaho Department of Transportation construction project on Washington
Street will affect the routing of Sixth Street traffic at the intersection where
the two streets meet. </P></SPAN></FONT>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Your points about the ideal time for scheduling are well
taken and would have occurred as such in a perfect world. Sorry it didn't
work out. I'm handling it all just fine on my bicycle. Also, there
still is a cross walk operating at Fifth St. and Washington.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com
href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">Donovan Arnold</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jeanlivingston@turbonet.com
href="mailto:jeanlivingston@turbonet.com">Bruce and Jean Livingston</A> ; <A
title=sunilramalingam@hotmail.com
href="mailto:sunilramalingam@hotmail.com">Sunil Ramalingam</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 03, 2006 10:43
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] alternative
routes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Bruce,<BR><BR>Something about your story doesn't make any
sense. Why is the City spending $500,000+ on road construction if it has no
say? Are you saying that the federal and state government can spend out city
monies for us without say?<BR><BR>Second, I don't think anyone is saying we
have a problem with construction being done. We have a problem with not being
properly notified and how they are doing the project and the rate in which it
is taking. Shutting down the only two major east west thoroughfares at the
same time late in the summer when students are coming back is just bad
planning. They should start the construction two weeks after school starts and
continue till two weeks before it starts. Then space out the projects so we
only have one major road shut down at a time. Perhaps do Main, then Sixth,
then Third, not all three in the same 6 week period of time when school is in
session. If the city cannot influence the schedule of the federal or state
construction, they should change the city's construction schedule which they
do control. <BR><BR>Best,<BR><BR>_DJA<BR><BR><B><I>Bruce and Jean Livingston
<jeanlivingston@turbonet.com></I></B> wrote:
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only was notice given some time ago, but the local authorities have
<BR>relatively little to say about any of it, as I understand. The work is
<BR>being done on the highway that goes through town. I don't know whether
it <BR>is federal or state authorities running the show, as both state Hwy 8
and US <BR>Hwy 95 run concurrently up Washington, but this project is being
driven by <BR>the highway authorities, not the City, so far as I can tell. I
also seem to <BR>remember reading that the "staggering the project over
time"option was <BR>considered and rejected based on increased costs of
doing that. Recent <BR>stories have stated that the project is expected to
take about 5-6 weeks.<BR><BR>Bruce Livingston<BR><BR><BR>----- Original
Message ----- <BR>From: "Sunil Ramalingam" <SUNILRAMALINGAM
@hotmail.com=""><BR>To: <VISION2020 @moscow.com=""><BR>Sent: Wednesday,
August 02, 2006 6:14 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] alternative
routes<BR><BR><BR>> Tom,<BR>><BR>> I know I read about the
construction work at the beginning of the summer. <BR>> I<BR>> don't
recall if it was on V2020 or in the paper, but in answer to your <BR>>
first<BR>> question, there was notice of this work.<BR>><BR>> Can't
answer the others.<BR>><BR>> Sunil<BR>><BR>><BR>>>From:
"Tom Hansen" <THANSEN @moscow.com=""><BR>>>To: "Joan Opyr" <JOANOPYR
@moscow.com="">, "'Moscow Vision 2020'"<BR>>><VISION2020
@moscow.com=""><BR>>>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] alternative
routes<BR>>>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 17:47:12
-0700<BR>>><BR>>>Realizing that nobody is willing to answer the
questions I
posted<BR>>>yesterday:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>"1)
Why wasn't the community given advance notice of such
renovation?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>2) When were the
plans for such renovation/construction
completed?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>3) Who is/was
responsible for informing the
community?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>4) Were other
options considered (staggering the projects over a few
years<BR>>>versus an all-at-once
approach)?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>5) What are the
time factors involved in each
project?"<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Perhaps
we here on V2020 can work this out on our own. I am serious,
<BR>>>guys.<BR>>>Let's pull together,
ok?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>For those of you
knowledgeable about the various
road<BR>>>closings/construction,<BR>>>I would appreciate your
reviewing the map
at:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>http://www.tomandrodna.com/images/Moscow/vandalville.htm<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>I
would also further appreciate any detailed description you can give
me<BR>>>concerning the closed streets, for
instance:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>"X Street closed
between Y Avenue and Z
Avenue."<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>I will then update
the map to reflect closed streets and streets under<BR>>>construction
with red lines. And continuously post the map as
changes<BR>>>occur.<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>How
about it guys?<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>Tom
Hansen<BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>>>=======================================================<BR>>>
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