Nine Mile Canyon Road improvements:
- 34 miles of roadway improvements
- 32 miles along Nine Mile Canyon Road
- 1 mile of Harmon Canyon
- 1 mile of Gate Canyon
- 225 culverts
- 24 low water concrete crossings
- Geometry and safety improvements
- Chip and micro-surface seal
- $22.5 million budget
What’s left in 2012?
- Drainage crossings
- 85 culverts
- 150 completed to date
- 3 low-water concrete crossings
- 100,000 cubic yards of earthwork
- 220,000 CY completed to date
- 122,000 tons of gravel
- 140,000 tons completed to date
- 22 miles of chip seal and micro-surfacing
- 13 miles chipped to date – microsurfacing application starting June 18
- Asphalt at major intersections, low-water crossing, cattle guard transitions – areas in bottom 13 miles completed to date
General Schedule:
- June and July
- Complete earthwork to soldier creek mine
- Continue night hauling of untreated base course
- Culverts and concrete low-water crossings
- Up to 11 separate crews (eight on average)
- Chip and microsurface to the summit complete by early August
- 35 WW Clyde, 40 subcontractors, and six JDE employees
- Late July to early September
- Complete placement of untreated base course
- Complete signing and striping
- Fall 2012 to Spring 2013
- Earthwork, grading and drainage from MP 29-34
- Chip seal and microsurfacing of remaining 10 miles
Traffic Control:
- Wait time typically under 10 minutes
- Rarely over 20 minutes
- Minimized as much as possible
- Protects the traveling public and reduces liability
- Isolated and coordinated shut-downs at a few locations
Public Information:
- Project information signs at each end of the project
- Updated weekly
- Weekly construction updates provided to the BLM
- Major traffic closures would be communicated via county emergency services and industry channels
- Close coordination with industry
- Passenger cars are not recommended but will be accommodated
- Regular communication with special interest groups
Budget:
- Carbon and Duchesne Counties: $5 million
- Carbon and Duchesne County Road Districts: $2.5 million
- State of Utah (CIB): $5 million
- Bill Barrett Corporation: $10 million
- Total: $22.5 million
