A detour will be posted utilizing Fountain Avenue and McCreight Avenue to North Limestone Street.
LOCAL: This Clark County road will be closed for weeks
Westbound traffic will be maintained throughout the duration of the project.
“The closure is to repave that section of the roadway, part of the 2019 Neighborhood Street Paving Project,” Springfield City Spokeswoman Val Lough said. “Restoring neighborhood streets was a commitment we made to residents with the passage of the 2017 tax levy. We’re thrilled that the project continues to move forward and we’ll keep working hard to make our a community a place where more people are choosing to live, work and do business.”
The cost of the project is about $568,000.
The road closures come a week after the Springfield City Engineering Department announced they will study four traffic signals in order to decide whether to remove them.
The signals are located at Burnett Road and Sunset Avenue with Sunset Avenue becoming the new stopped approach, Kenwood Avenue with Selma Road with Kenwood Avenue becoming the new stopped approach, Montgomery Avenue and Pleasant Street, with Montgomery Avenue becoming the new stopped approach and Western Avenue and Pleasant Street with Western Avenue becoming the new stopped approach.
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A sign reading, “Signal Under Study for Removal,” will be posted on the stopped approach and the signal will be in flashing operation for all 90 days.
During the 90 days the intersection will be evaluated for crash, if during that period there are no increases in traffic-related incident, the signals will be removed, according to a press release from the City of Springfield.
The signals will be studied for 90 days.
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