By WHITNEE ICE
St. Joseph Post
There will be a detour by the Coleman Elementary School in St. Joseph due to a road closure for a water pipe replacement project starting next week.
Missouri American Water Spokeswomen Christie Barnhart says they are replacing pipe that dates back to 1954.
“We are going to be working around the area of Coleman Elementary School, so there will be some traffic rerouted due to this project,” Barnhart tells St. Joseph Post.
Barnhart says the project will start May 11th and will be finished in six weeks.
“Of course, that is weather permitting we’ve had quite a bit of rain lately,” says Barnhart. “Hopefully we'll get some sunshine throughout this one and we can meet that deadline with in the six-week time frame.”
Barnhart says making the public aware of the construction, helps keep everyone safe.
“When people know that there’s construction going on it alerts them to the present of people working and just kind of helps keeps everyone safe not only the people driving but also the workers actually doing the pipe replacement project.”
The construction for the water pipe replacement project will be on 33rd Street from Belt View Drive to Beck Road.