Arizona Department of Transportation SR 179 Improvement Project Welcome to the State Route (SR) 179 Project Weekly Construction Update - your electronic connection to the SR 179 Project with the most current information on construction plans and activities. What to Watch for Week of February 23
Crews are now working eight hours a day, five days a week. All business access remains open. In conjunction with the City of Sedona, required paving work on Ranger Road will take place Tuesday, February 24. Ranger Road will be shutdown for a period of approximately 4 hours starting at 9 a.m. Paving Preparation - Back O' Beyond and Chapel In preparation for paving, crews will be placing gravel on the southbound side of the road between Back O' Beyond and Chapel. Crews are prepping the area all week with plans of paving the following week. Throughout the week, utility crews will be working on cable and wire repairs near Tlaquepaque. Both Qwest and APS will be pulling old damaged wiring and replacing with new. APS continues to wire around the bridges, including pole removal. Traffic impacts and noise will be minimal. Crews will be placing foam crete (lightweight concrete) on top of the old concrete boxes at Morgan Wash and the wash between Hillside and Exposures Gallery. It is a way to get strong lightweight material on top of old concrete that will support the new road and minimize construction. Otherwise the contractor would have to tear out and rebuild the old boxes causing major traffic impacts. Get the update on the SR 179 Construction project the first Tuesday of each month on both KAZM and Yavapai Broadcasting. Tune in to KAZM AM 780 at 9:45 a.m. and 12: 15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, and to Yavapai Broadcasting on AM 1600 KYBC after the 8-am news and also at 2 p.m. on 105.7 KVRD. Yavapai Broadcasting also runs news updates throughout the day every Monday on the upcoming week's activities. Please note: Changes to construction plans can happen frequently due to weather, equipment availability and personnel issues. We try to anticipate construction activities a week in advance but changes may occur. Intermittent lane closures, with short delays, may not always be known in advance. For a complete listing of freeway and highway restrictions across Arizona visit ADOT's Travel Information Site at www.az511.com or call 5-1-1. If you have information for the Scenic 179 construction updates, please send it to pr@scenic179.com or fax to 928-204-9835. To change your e-mail address, add someone new, or request a text version of this update, please e-mail pr@scenic179.com. |