Work on underground utilities in the Downtown...

Work on underground utilities in the Downtown area should slow

traffic for another two weeks before the project’s completion in

early June.

The Downtown alley between 2nd and Third streets will be the last

step of the project to put utilities under ground. Above-ground

utility lines won’t be removed until after summer.

Construction on a Park Avenue sidewalk project from Wendt Terrace

to St. Ann’s Drive will begin June 23, eliminating parking in that

section for five weeks. A pedestrian project on Temple Hills Drive

will begin July 21, which will overlap with the Park Avenue project

for five days and create “a significant congestion problem,” Director

of Public Works Steve May said.

Those dates are subject to change, but City Engineer Derek Wieske

said they would like to finish both projects in the summer to avoid

school traffic on Park Avenue.