Valley City, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — On Friday, (Nov 2, 2012) 9th Avenue Northwest in Valley City was opened to traffic, with the first phase of the street project completed.

KLJ’s Project Manager Chad Pedersen says permanent signage is expected to be up by Tuesday of next week.

Cleanup of the area should cause minimal traffic distruptions.

The final phase of the 9th avenue northwest project will begin in spring of 2013.