U.S 95 utility work to cause delays

U.S. 95 utility work to cause delays

COEUR d'ALENE - Motorists can expect minor delays as Avista Utilities continues to relocate a transmission line along U.S. 95 at the highway's intersections with Lancaster and Bentz roads, on Thursday, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.

Avista will be pulling a transmission line across U.S. 95 on Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m. at the intersections of U.S. 95 and Lancaster and Bentz roads.

Traffic on U.S. 95 will be stopped for 2- to 3-minute intervals, about three times. Traffic on Lancaster and Bentz also will be affected.

The transmission line is north of Hayden on state right of way, which is part of the U.S. 95 Wyoming to Idaho 53 highway widening known locally as "the Gap" project.

The $6 million project will widen about two miles of U.S. 95 to four lanes.