Skyline construction begins April 15
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POLSON — The final phase of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s $12,000 TIGER road and bike path construction project will begin April 15.
Skyline Drive will be one-way northbound beginning on April 15, and a pilot car or a flagger will guide motorists north at 20 minutes past the hour and 40 minutes past the hour, according to Roland Godan, grant administrator and labor inspector.
Return traffic will go through town on U.S. Highway 93 and turn right on Caffrey Road and then right again onto Skyline Drive
This schedule will allow construction work to continue for uninterrupted periods of time. Residents can schedule their time and allow enough time to drive through the construction zone and keep appointments.
Mailboxes are still located near Polson City shops, a decision by the post office, Godan said. Project managers would have preferred the mail delivery person continue to deliver the mail, but post office concerns about the time it would take for the delivery person to make the loop nixed that idea.
Contractor L.S. Jensen is moving equipment in and stripping topsoil from an area near the top of the hill. The usable fill will be removed and used in the project, and the topsoil replaced.
Major items on the projects to be finished are the retaining walls and the relocation of Mission View Drive. The entrance to Mission View Drive is a tight right turn and then a steep grade up to the subdivision.
That entrance will be abandoned, Godan said, and another installed 200 yards south.
Finishing the bike path, paving, striping, rails and fencing are on the agenda for this summer.
The bike path follows a different contour and grade from the road since it is Americans with Disabilities Act compatible.
Overall, the most change will be that visibility on Skyline’s blind curves will dramatically increase.
“Skyline will be flattened out and straightened out to a great degree,” Godan said.
