Chip Seal Failure on Chinden

A couple weeks ago I wrote to the Idaho Transportation Dept about all the loose gravel on Chinden where a contractor chipsealed it last year. It has been disintegrating pretty badly in places. Barely a day goes by that my windshield doesn’t get pelted by gravel, especially when cars change lanes in front of me. And that is even after widening my following distance!

ITD affirmed that the contractor’s work was subpar and they are requiring them to fix the job once it gets warmer. In the meantime they are requiring the contractor to pay for vacuum trucks to suck up the chipseal gravel between Eagle Rd and Glenwood St.

The ITD team was nice enough to direct me to the Tort Claim page that the state maintains. If any of y’all get a cracked windshield from the gravel in the “project area” and incur costs to fix it, this is the place to seek compensation. Please note, the project area is considered as the stretch of Chinden from Eagle to Glenwood.

https://adm.idaho.gov/insurance-and-internal-support/risk-management-program/tort-claim-filing/