Road work starting next week in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Neb. -- The City of Columbus announced that there will be road work starting next week.

Construction is set to start on Monday, May 1. It will take place on 48th Ave., between Howard Blvd./Highway 81 and 27th St. 

The road work is to replace the concrete driving lane and is part of the annual pavement replacement program. Officials said there will be one lane of traffic that will go in each direction through the construction and should be finished in about a month.

Any questions can be directed to Merlin Gehring at Gehring Construction & Ready Mix or the city engineering department.