As of Monday, the construction on 7th Street is complete. Under construction since June, the street had been restricted to two lanes.
Major Barbara Traylor Smith and other city officials gathered in front of Colorado Mesa University’s engineering building on Monday afternoon to celebrate the completion of the project. Although the construction was intended to be completed in August, complications with a gas line under the road led to it being delayed until October.
Grand Junction road improvement projects will continue in 2019 with construction on the segment of 7th Street between Orchard Avenue and Patterson Road.