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Wednesday, 29 August 2007 01:03

Amador County is Closing Road for 7 Days

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slide2Several local roads will be closed for a 7 day period in the near future for storm related repairs. Public Works Director Larry Peterson asked for permission to close New Chicago Road, 1.5 miles north of the Turner Rd intersection, Quartz Mountain Road, 2.4 miles south of Fiddletown, and Stoney Creek Rd, 4.4 miles south of Jackson through .3 miles north of Buena Vista Rd for a seven day period.
The closures are necessary for repair work to fix road slides caused by the March and April 2006 storms. Contractors, once walking the roads during the slide11 bidding process, brought to the attention of Public Works personnel that costs would be dramatically reduced in the bids, if the roads were to be closed- allowing unfettered access to the roads by the contractors.  Open roads could also add as many as three weeks to the process. This will save the county a sizeable amount of money, estimated to be 418-thousand dollars. The closures were approved and Peterson stated that the public will be notified by the contractors of when the closures will take place by signs, radio and print. He specifically recanted television notification.
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