Chip seal projects on U.S. 95, Highway 54 start Thursday

Crews will chip seal a 6-mile section of U.S. 95 through Athol in the Garwood-to-Sagle corridor starting Thursday, the Idaho Transportation Department announced.

The work is expected to finish in early September.

Work from milepost 447 to 453 will proceed first with the frontage roads, followed by the main route. Crews will first work in the northbound lanes. Speeds will be reduced to 45 mph through the work zone with flaggers and pilot cars on hand to guide traffic.

Crews also will seal coat a 1.5-mile stretch of Highway 54 starting Thursday from just west of the Blair Castle Road intersection to the intersection of Howard Road and Highway 54. Work will progress from eastbound to westbound.

Snake River Contractors, of Twin Falls, is the contractor.