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TxDOT: Avoid intersection of Timberland Drive, First Street this week
Lufkin drivers can expect more delays and detours beginning Monday as contractors repair concrete pavement and joints on Business U.S. 59. The Texas Department of Transportation encourages motorists to avoid the South First Street and Timberland Drive intersection (near Kiwanis Park on Timberland Drive) this week because of the repairs. Also, construction will force closing Loop 266/Old North First Street, a roadway running behind the Timberland Drive businesses. In addition, the crossover at South First Street and Raguet will be closed during the street repairs. Work is expected to be finished in several days, “weather permitting,” TxDOT stated in a press release. After repairs are completed, an overlay will be laid on the northbound and southbound lanes of South First Street to Loop 287. Contractors will work at night to reduce interference with traffic. The overlay is slated to be completed within the next few weeks. TxDOT urges motorists to use alternative routes when possible, to slow down in the construction zone and to obey all traffic devices. — Amanda Casanova
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