Jamestown  (CSi)   Weather permitting, the Jamestown Road Diet project the week of April 12 will begin storm sewer work, to include five intersections. The initial three week phase will be followed by concrete prep work.

Also this week, the disconnected traffic lights will be removed.  The signals at Third Street to be reinstalled in June.

Starting at Seventh  Street South,  crews will begin removing  one quadrant of each intersection at a time, and keeping pedestrians moving along, continuing north on First Avenue, then going west.  At the same time, electrical work will be going on.

Ti-Zack Concrete Inc. spokesman Chris Hartwig adds, traffic signs will be posted for motorists and pedestrians to follow.

The finished project will include bump-outs at each intersection, at the two-lane roadway, on land in each direction, with a dedicated left-turn lane as indicated by the temporary pavement markings.  Flashing beacons will assist pedestrians crossing at Fifth Street South, Second Street South, Third Street North, and Fourth Avenue Northwest.