The Idaho Transportation Department will permanently close two left-turns and block another on Eagle Road as part of safety improvements along the high-crash highway.
The changes come after years of concerns over congestion and crashes on the road, also known as Idaho 55, which is Idaho’s busiest non-Interstate highway. The transportation department, which started work Monday, hopes that the eliminated “conflict points” will result in lower crash rates.
In a news release Monday, ITD announced that it would remove the following turn lanes:
- The northbound left-in at Baldcypress Street.
- The southbound U-turn at Bourbon Street near Ustick Road.
“Drivers will see both median modifications and updated traffic control,” ITD spokesperson Jill Youmans told the Idaho Statesman in an email…