Roadwork in Nacogdoches has Old Lufkin Road closed through Friday

“So that was a recommendation that came out of our Grande reversed curve safety study to improve that reverse curve to reduce accidents and give more awareness to drivers of those curves,” said Williams.

Two wrecks occurred Monday on Interstate 20. First, an 18 wheeler flipped over, and six other vehicles crashed around it, shutting down both eastbound lanes of I-20. Behind that, a secondary wreck happened in the traffic.

A fatal crash in Hopkins County involving five vehicles ended with four dead and nine injured Sunday evening.

“To finally see that project funded, our commission sign off on it, and pre-construction meeting held last week in Lufkin, and to see that equipment start moving in out there, it’s very exciting,” TxDOT's Rhonda Oaks said.

“I know it looks finished,” Rhonda Oaks, information officer for TxDOT’s Lufkin District, said. “But there’s a lot going behind the scenes that people don’t see.”