Adding a center turn lane will allow turning drivers an area to safely wait on this two-lane highway in town.
The center turn lane will be added from McGhee Road to Kootenai Bay Road by shifting the highway to the south. As part of this project, routine drainage improvements will be constructed, and not all existing access from side streets will be maintained.
Read MoreIn 2020, the city of Hope received a grant with support from ITD to add a protected shoulder path on the north side of the highway between Seven Sisters Drive and Railroad Avenue. ITD and the city are working together on how to incorporate grant-funded improvements with the current project.
Further improvements to Railroad Avenue are beyond the scope of the project and remain unfunded, though changes would align with the city’s multi-modal plan and a previous corridor study.
Grant application