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MUSCATINE, Iowa – Grant Street will be closed to through traffic from Washington Street to Park Avenue as Muscatine Power & Water (MPW) installs a fire hydrant at the Grant Street and Park Avenue intersection. The closure begins today (March 29) and will last through the end of the work day on Friday (March 31).

Local traffic will be permitted up to the intersection and access to all businesses will be maintained during the closure. MPW anticipates backfilling and reopening the street by the end of the day on Friday.

An additional closure will be needed as early as next week for finishing repairs to the street including repaving of the work area. A schedule for the finishing work has not been established but will be announced ahead of the work.

Please obey all traffic control signage and be alert for construction workers. Find alternate routes if possible.

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The Department of Public Works will close Washington Street at the River Road intersection Tuesday through Friday (March 21-24), weather depending, to replace a culvert. Public Works received a drainage complaint from residents in the area of the intersection and an investigation found that the culvert under Washington Street had collapsed.

A road closure is necessary to remove and replace the culvert. Since Washington is an asphalt street, the patch will be temporarily backfilled with asphalt millings and the street reopened to traffic. Once the hot-mix asphalt plants are open, a permanent patch will replace the temporary patch.

Access to residences on Washington Street from Highway 22 to River Road will be maintained but through traffic will not be allowed during the work. Access to River Road will be from the Highway 22 intersection with River Road reduced to one lane near the work area.

Drivers are asked to slow down, to be patient and obey all traffic control devices.