City Road Closures for the Week of October 3 – 9, 2015

New - Lipan Street
Monday - Friday
Beginning on Wednesday, September 30 through Friday, October 9, weather permitting; Lipan Street will be closed between N. Alameda Street and Staples Street.  During this period, eastbound Lipan traffic will detour to Sam Rankin Street, onto Comanche Street then to Staples Street.  Motorist can go straight on Comanche onto Waco Street to Lipan, or turn left on Staples to Lipan.  Lipan will be closed to thru traffic only between Sam Rankin and Alameda.  No left turns will be permitted onto southbound Staples from westbound Lipan Street.

New - Everhart Road
Monday - Friday
Beginning on Thursday, October 1 through Wednesday, October 7, weather permitting; Everhart Road will be closed to traffic between South Alameda Street and Estates Drive and will be closed to thru traffic between Aberdeen Avenue and Estates Drive. Northbound Alameda Street will be reduced to one lane of traffic.  The southbound left turning lane onto Everhart Road will be closed to traffic.

New – Port Avenue
Monday - Friday
Beginning on Monday, October 5 through Friday, October 9, weather permitting; South Port Avenue will be reduce to one lane of traffic in each direction between San Jacinto Drive and Tarlton Street.

Staples Street
Monday - Friday
Beginning on Monday, September 21, weather permitting; the southbound Staples Street lanes will be closed between Antelope Street and Lipan Street and traffic will be shifted onto the northbound lanes with one lane in each direction.  Southbound traffic will detour east onto Antelope Street, south onto Waco Street and west onto Leopard Street to Staples Street.  Waco Street will be reduced to one-way traffic from Antelope to Leopard.  No Parking will be allowed on either side of this section of Waco Street.  Artesian Street will be closed from Leopard Street through Mestina Street.  Two-way traffic will be allowed on Mestina from N. Staples Street to Waco Street but Mestina Street will be closed from Waco to Artesian.  On Mestina, the first west entrance to the parking lots at the Nueces County Courthouse will remain open and all businesses in this area will be accessible.

Greenwood Drive
Monday - Friday
Beginning on Monday, September 21 through Saturday, October 31, weather permitting; southbound Greenwood Drive will be reduced to one lane between 6 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. AEP contractors will be removing and installing new utility poles.

RTA Transfer Station Demolition
Monday – Friday
Beginning on Monday, August 24, and until the new Regional Transportation Authority building is open the following traffic control plan will be implemented:

Sam Rankin Street and Josephine Street will be closed to traffic. Those needing access to the City Hall parking lots will need to enter Sam Rankin through Mestina Street. No left turns will be permitted on to Sam Rankin Street or Josephine Street from Leopard Street.  Motorists will detour through Mestina Street to Brownlee Boulevard. Access to Leopard Street though Mexico Street will also be available. In addition, the bus parking space will be extend in front of Josephine Street and Sam Rankin Street intersection on Leopard Street.

McArdle Road (Road Work)
Saturday – Friday
For the next six months; weather permitting, City contractors will be working on McArdle Road. During this period, the following traffic control plan will be implemented:

· McArdle Road from Rodd Field Road to Nile Drive will be reduced to one lane in each direction.
· McArdle Road from Rodd Field Road to Ennis Joslin Road will be reduce to one lane eastbound to Ennis Joslin Road. Motorist needing access to this section of McArdle will take South Padre Island Drive, then to Rodd Field to McArdle Road.

McArdle Road (Utility Work)
Saturday - Friday
Beginning April 24 and for the next six months, contractors will be working inside city utility manholes. Eastbound McArdle Road will be reduced to one lane and shift northbound Weber Road traffic to the southbound lanes, reducing traffic to one lane in each direction.  Work will begin at the Weber Road intersection and move westbound toward Carroll Lane.

McArdle Road Bond Project
Saturday – Friday
McArdle Road will be closed between Nile Drive and Rodd Field Road. Westbound McArdle Road traffic will detour onto Aswan Drive then to Nile Drive. Eastbound McArdle Road traffic will detour onto southbound Nile Drive, to Southhaven Drive then to Rodd Field Road.

All street intersections between Nile Drive and Rodd Field will be closed to traffic. Northbound traffic will be shifted to the west side of Nile Drive with one lane in each direction.

Cosmopolitan Construction
Saturday - Friday
Lawrence Street will be closed from Mesquite Street to Chaparral Street. There is no parking permitted on Mesquite Street from Schatzell Street to Lawrence Street.