Aurora construction update, week of February 7, 2010

Project contact information: Hotline (206) 801-2485, website.

Construction hours: 8 am Sunday through 5 pm Friday. There will be no construction on Saturdays.

Temporary signal work and road striping
This week at night crews will complete preparations to shift traffic to the west so construction can begin on the east side of Aurora. Work includes installing temporary signals at the intersection of N 175th Street and Aurora and striping new lanes between N 165th and N 175th streets. After new lanes are striped, traffic will be shifted west to allow construction to begin on the east side of Aurora. Two lanes of traffic will be maintained in each direction. Due to space limitations, center lanes will be closed and left-turn lanes onto N 175th Street from Aurora will be reduced to a single turn lane.

Temporary lane closures at Midvale Ave and N 175th St intersection.  Also at night, crews will continue trenching and drainage work at the intersection of N 175th St and Midvale Ave N. Traffic on N 175th St will be reduced to one lane in each direction from 8 pm to 5 am. The entrance to Top Foods at this intersection will be temporarily closed during the daytime. Drivers should access Top Foods from its Aurora entrance off Ronald Place (brick road) or its east entrance off N 175th St.

Vault installation work on Aurora Avenue N
Once traffic has been shifted to the west, crews will install underground utility vaults at three locations in City right-of-way on the east side of Aurora between N 165th and N 175th streets. Each installation is expected to take two to three days to complete.

Schedule
Construction on the project is expected to be complete in summer of 2011, weather permitting. Construction of the N 185th to N 192nd segment is anticipated to begin in 2010.


Photo of Aurora by Steven H. Robinson for the ShorelineAreaNews