US 8 project in Rusk County scheduled to begin next week

September 17, 2007

Construction is scheduled to begin next week on a $1.8 million contract to make improvements to a US 8 in Rusk County.

Crews from Monarch paving will resurface 21.8 miles of US 8 between East 5th Street in Ladysmith and the east county line.

Built in 1947 and continued in 1961, the roadway’s last improvements were in 1997. An estimated 4,500 vehicles travel this roadway daily.

Construction is scheduled through October. US 8 traffic will be under flagging operations in one mile increments.

State transportation funds will pay 100 percent of the project costs.

For more information, contact:
Howard Schmock, Project Leader 
(715) 635-4951

Laurie Boettcher, Communications 
(715) 833-9814 / 828-2301