LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) -
After nearly a year of
closures, detours, and road work one south Lufkin neighborhood is open again to
thru traffic.
Road work on Fuller
Springs Drive came to an end last month.
Construction began last
year to accommodate an increase in traffic between Slack Elementary and Burley
Primary.
City officials say the two-lane
road was in poor shape from heavy traffic.
Crews widened the street and added a center
turning lane.
"The idea was to get
the section in front of the school completed first so we knocked that out prior
to school starting and we knew that it was going to take a substantial amount
of time to finish the remainder of the job," said Chuck Walker, City Engineer.
After some delays from rain last year, the road work took 11
months to complete. It cost the city over two million dollars.
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