Work has started on a major reconstruction project on a main roadway in Twin Falls. Crews are beginning preliminary work to widen and repave the northern part of Eastland Drive and a section of Pole Line Road.
A Utah based bakery and cafe is under construction in Twin Falls on a busy block with several construction projects. According to Twin Falls City documents, Kneaders Bakery & Cafe was granted a building permit in mid-October to construct a restaurant located on Washington Street just south of the Walmart gas station.
The Bureau of Land Management has ordered the Idaho National Guard to stop building a tank crossing on a road in a national conservation area until an environmental analysis is finished and the BLM decides whether to grant a permit.
Construction of new homes fell 4.7 percent in September, the biggest decline in six months, reflecting weakness in both single-family activity and apartment building.
A large section of Falls Avenue in Twin Falls will be closed for construction next week. The city announced that both eastbound lanes of Falls Ave. will be blocked off from Blue Lakes Boulevard to Washington Street North for repaving.
A recreational vehicle manufacturer announced plans to expand its operation in the Magic Valley. Jayco, Inc., which has been building camp trailers in Twin Falls since 2005, will expand the plant to better their service to dealers in the country and Canada
The public will get a chance this week to look at the final plans for a major redesign and replacement of the Interstate 84/86 interchange east of Burley.
Idaho Transportation Department officials will display the designs at the regular meeting of the Mini-Cassia Transportation Committee beginning at 7 a.m. September 13, at Connor's Cafe in Heyburn.
Drivers making their way through Twin Falls may run into more street construction and repair this week. The city announced several streets are slated for work starting Thursday that had been damaged by winter storms.