The contractor for the Highway 6/7th Street construction project in Atlantic, is expected to begin paving work Tuesday, beginning at 6-a.m. Scott Suhr, IA Dept. of Transportation Planning Coordinator in Atlantic, said in his weekly update today (Monday), that as of July 10th, the contractor had worked a total of 22.5 working days out of 59 charged.

Work scheduled for this week include: Continue main line (North 25′-feet wide) Portland Cement Concrete (PCC) paving to Cherry Street; Subgrade preparation/Subdrain trenching and install/Modified Base/CD Baskets from Cherry to Plum; and Pouring the north side of the intersection atSpruce and Pine Street.

Work last week progressed until rain fell mid-week, causing a delay in the amount of work that could be accomplished, until the sub-grade work could dry out.