Hayden breaks ground on new Ramsey Road extension
Hayden Mayor Alan Davis addressed a group ready with shovels for the groundbreaking of the new Ramsey Road extension Monday by the Hayden Public Works Facility. Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization officials said the need for the project was identified in 2010, but funding has needed to be increased five times in order to have the project parameters meet needs.
Photo courtesy of Alyssa Blank
HAYDEN — A groundbreaking ceremony for the $14 million Ramsey Road Extension Project celebrated the start to the construction phase Monday by the Hayden Public Works Facility. The project has been a goal for almost 15 years ago and is primarily funded by the Federal Highway Administration.
Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization Executive Director Glenn Miles said they came up with the idea for the extension in 2010 as one of the improvements to get traffic north/south in the Couer d’Alene area.
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