Work on the 19th Street Reconstruction Project Phase I between Warren Avenue and Evans Avenue is underway, according to city spokesman Scott Smith

Besides 19th Street being closed, the contractor will also close Evans Avenue, north and south of 19th Street.

Detours are posted. There will be access to local businesses, according to Smith.

The project includes stormwater work; replace sanitary sewer and water lines; replace curb, gutter and sidewalk as needed; new traffic signals at 19th Street and Evans Avenue and 20th Street and Evans Avenue; and reconstruction of the road and new road surface.

Work on Phase I is scheduled to be completed by Oct. 30, 2015. Reiman Corp. is the general contractor for Phase I. Cost of Phase I is $3.4 million. This project is funded from the City’s Fifth-Penny Sales & Use Tax and funds from the Board of Public Utilities.

Nineteenth Street Phase II, between Warren Avenue and Crow Creek, is scheduled for 2016.

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