Road work shuts down for Memorial weekend

Motorists will get a four-day reprieve from road construction in Whitefish over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Crews will not work on the U.S. 93 West reconstruction project from Karrow Avenue to Mountainside Drive on Friday through Monday. Work will resume at 7 a.m. Tuesday, May 26.

Schellinger Construction is working 12-hour shifts — 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. — and recommends planning for delays and occasional one-lane traffic during these hours.

Completion of sidewalks and bike paths is scheduled for the week of May 25 and landscaping is scheduled to begin June 1.

During this time, crews will begin staining the walls between Ramsey Avenue and Karrow Avenue. Paving of Ramsey Avenue, the Signature Plaza parking lot and the Whitefish Lake Golf Course parking lot and golf cart paths are underway this week.

Pulverizing, excavating, and grading the highway from Fairway Drive to Mountainside Drive, as well as the installation of water, storm drainage, and sanitary sewer systems also is in progress.

For more information go to www.mdt.mt.gov/pubinvolve/karrow or tune in to 106.3 FM, 103.1 FM, and 880 AM for weekly updates.

For those interested in receiving weekly updates via email, submit a request to courtenay@bigskypublicrelations.com.

Additionally, a meeting will be held at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, at 1750 U.S. 93 West; the public is welcome to attend.

Questions or concerns may be addressed to Marc Blanden at 253-3730 or 892-2188.