That means we've restricted our contractors from doing major closures until the festivities are done. That said, we do have one last major work item that'll let us stay out of the way over the next two weeks.
That task is on I-35, both directions, between Eisenhauer and Randolph. This will be daytime work, and will start tomorrow (Thursday). We'll close the left lane in each direction, leaving three lanes open each way.
This will allow electricians to get out and work on those road lights that have been cut off the last three years. By the end of next week those lights should be working and the road should be lit up during overnight hours.
We are doing this work during the day to avoid the overnight drivers during Fiesta. Yes, we've now celebrated several consecutive fatality free Fiestas ... and we want to do our part to keep that new status quo. We felt combining the late-night traffic from those celebrating would not mix well with overnight construction traffic and determined this work would be best done during the day.
Since the lane we're closing is a new lane, just opened a few months ago, drivers should expect daytime traffic to look about like it did just six months ago without closures.
Again, the work should only go a week and a half at most, weather permitting.