Route 46 Corridor Improvement

Matt Henard is the Project Manager for Papich Construction (Papich) overseeing his team’s operations. “We are primarily performing the base and asphalt paving on the Cholame segment, which is scheduled in two stages. The first is the ultimate westbound stage, which will take on both the east and westbound traffic once it is complete. We will then begin building the eastbound stage and are now performing the dirt work for this segment,” says Henard. “The aggregate for the eastbound is coming off theexisting SR 46, and we will be milling off the deserted SR 46 asphalt roadway section and using that material as Class 1 base for the ultimate eastbound route. For the westbound ultimate, we imported base from our Sierra Pacific plant in Avenal, and CalPortland in Santa Margarita. When the eastbound is complete, we will switch traffic back to two lanes in each direction. So, we are doing the Stage 2 dirt work, and the base and asphalt paving on Cholame Stage 2. On Stage 1, we are performing just the base and paving.”