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Lexington and Fifth likely to reopen next week
WASHINGTON — With driveway pavings complete, County Engineer Jacob Thorius said contractors hoped to finish work Lexington Boulevard and West Fifth Street by next week. The two roads have been closed to through-traffic all month for a pavement overlay project.
“They are working on shouldering, they started that yesterday, hopefully they’ll be done … this week,” Thorius said at a Supervisor meeting on Tuesday. “There’s more cleanup, resetting the mailboxes and painting the lines next week, so hopefully sometime into next week we will have those roads open.”
Chief County Deputy Shawn Ellingson said the crews had done a good job of minimizing obstructions, given the jail’s location on Lexington.
“Their office has done a great job of keeping us able to get to our office,” he said. “Everybody’s been able to make it to jail when they need it to … They were able to do half our driveway at a time, and they split it so we were either able to come in from the east or the west at all times.”
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A crew marks the road along Lexington Boulevard in Washington. The road, along with much of Fifth Street across the highway, is closed to thru traffic as contractors work on a concrete overlay project. (Kalen McCain/The Union)
Construction crews tear up some of the road along Lexington Boulevard in Washington. The county hopes to finish a 6-inch concrete overlay project by the end of May, but timelines are uncertain given spring weather and some planning issues. (Kalen McCain/The Union)
