Road construction work on Highway 6/7th Street, in Atlantic, is scheduled to start May 26th. Scott Suhr, District Transportation planner for the Iowa Department of Transportation (based in Atlantic), said today (Monday), the contractor has informed him of their intentions to shut down the roadway after the morning commute next Tuesday. The roadway will remain closed from the intersection with Olive Street eastward, to just past Burger King, until the project is complete.

In the event of rain or unavailability for the milling machine, Suhr says the contractor will start work on May 27th.