Roads will remain open but the city of Bloomington is encouraging people to find an alternate route during construction on North Walnut Street from the State Road 45 bypass to Old State Road 37.
The work begins Monday and is scheduled to finish by November. It will include asphalt resurfacing, curb and guardrail repairs and updated signage.
The city says other changes will improve safety and traffic:
- A left turn lane for southbound traffic at Walnut Street and Blue Ridge Drive.
- Making southbound Walnut Street a single lane to replace the current configuration of one lane becoming two lanes and then back to one.
E&B Paving is doing the work after submitting a bid of $1.33 million.
The city says "up to 50 percent" of funding will come from the Indiana Department of Transportation's Community Crossings Matching Grant program. The program helps local governments pay for road and bridge improvements.