Summer road work starts in Burnet

The city of Burnet begins nearly three months of road construction on Thursday, June 12, along stretches of Wood and Northington Streets. The work will be completed in phases and lead to temporary detours and parking adjustments for residents in the construction zones.

Burnet leaders identified Wood and Northington as high-priority upgrade projects earlier this year and awarded the $1.5 million contract to Gage and Cade Construction on May 9. Work on Wood Street, in particular, must be completed before the first day of school on Aug. 13 as a Burnet Consolidated School District bus depot lies along that span.

“Wood Street is a very highly traveled street to cut through between (FM) 963 and (Texas) 29,” Burnet City Manager David Vaughn told DailyTrib.com. “This is one that has been on the radar and the to-do list for way too long, but it is more complicated on the engineering side and school scheduling.”

Work includes improving drainage, adding curbs and gutters, and repaving two-thirds of a mile of Wood Street between FM 963 and Texas 29 and a quarter-mile of Northington Street south of Texas 29 East. Street parking will be prohibited in construction zones and detours will be established to smooth out travel.

WORK PHASES

• Phase 1, June 12-July 12—Wood Street work, Dougherty Creek to FM 963
• Phase 2, June 12-July 12—Wood Street work, Brier Street to Kerr Street
• Phase 3, July 14-Aug. 15—Wood Street work, Texas 29 to Brier Street
• Phase 4, July 14-Aug. 15—Northington Street work, Rhomberg Street to Wallace Riddell parking lot
• Phase 5, July 14-Aug. 15—Wood Street work, Kerr Street to Dougherty Creek (open to traffic, but under construction)
• Phase 6, Aug. 16-Sept. 3—Northington Street work, Hill Street to Wallace Riddell parking lot

dakota@thepicayune.com