CASHIERS – Permanent repairs to a stretch of U.S. 64 in Jackson County will require temporary traffic signals to move traffic through the work zone starting Monday, Feb. 16.
A contractor for the N.C. Department of Transportation will convert U.S. 64 to a one-lane road about 2.5 miles west of Cashiers when construction begins. Temporary signals will move traffic between Stillmont Circle and Azalea Lane — and two sideroads in the workzone — for 8-12 weeks.
Crews from Blue Ridge Grading & Excavating will remove the temporary structure which had been installed following damage from Hurricane Helene. Crews will also remove part of the road and other loose rock and dirt before installing a rock buttress and rebuilding the fill-slope below the highway. It will be completed with a new surface and new lane markings.
The $687,000 contract calls for completion by May 15.