JAMES BEATY | Staff photo
Work begins Monday on Phase 2 of the U.S. Highway 69 project, with signs posted along Highway 69 south to warn motorists of the new highway driving conditions while work is ongoing.
Work zones. Lane closures. Speed reductions.
Those were some of the new conditions along U.S. Highway 69 in McAlester as Phase 2 of the highway reconstruction project got underway Monday.
Phase 2 of the project along the highway, also known as the George Nigh Expressway where it wends through McAlester, will be on a larger scale than the projectâs $13 million Phase I. Phase 2 is budgeted at $32 million and projected to take 1.5 years to complete.