Greenroads Pilot Project

Fernan Lake Road

 

Summary

Owner: Western Federal Lands Highway Division, National Forest Service
Contract Price: $14.6 Million
Project Length: 10.7 miles
Functional Class: Major Collector
Greenroads Score: 21 Points

Description

Fernan Lake Road (Idaho Forest Highway 80) begins at the City of Coeur dAlene and runs through the Fernan Saddle in the Idaho Panhandle National Forest (IPNF).  This is a two-lane paved road which carries a variety of logging trucks, recreational vehicles, and residents automobile traffic was seeing increased traffic and high accident rates. It also lacked a modern stormwater system and showed signs of significant erosion on multiple slopes.  The new alignment helped to reduce the impact on the lake water quality and reconnected wetland areas that were previously divided by the roadway.  Much of the excavated material was reused on the project as a stable subgrade.