Regional

Central Idaho highway to be widened

CREATED Jan. 14, 2013

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KETCHUM, Idaho (AP) -- The Idaho Transportation Department says crews have started cutting and chipping trees along a portion of State Highway 75 in Ketchum as part of preliminary work for a road-widening project.

The agency says that the preliminary work should be finished Jan. 18 if the weather cooperates.

This spring plans call for work crews to transform about a 3-mile section of the highway into a five-lane road with turning lanes and a new traffic signal at Hospital Drive.