Road construction is shown here at a temporary hold as crews wait for the on-coming (not shown) pilot car and the vehicles it is leading westward into town. The fire engine had a short no-go because both lanes of the two-lane road were in use.

By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT ) is nearing completion of one project — that of resurfacing FM 121 from the east side of town to State Highway 160. TxDOT’s Paris office said that it should be completed by the end of August.

The contractor doing the work for TxDOT has now laid down hot-mix asphalt in the western most stretch of the highway, from the Jefferson Street entry to the Central Social District and eastward. TxDOT added that they may still have some more repairs to make Friday.

“From the railroad track to the park, it is scheduled to be completed by the end of this week,” said a TxDOT spokesperson. And today (Friday) the pavement portion does seem to be complete.

To help make it easier for residents along that area, east of the railroad tracks, the contractor put flaggers at all the side streets to help control and assist traffic.

Now “the contractor has the option to put temporary tabs for the striping and then do all the striping later. It won’t take long, and it is a mobile operation with no major disruption to traffic,” TxDOT said.

Signage will continue throughout the project. The entire project’s expected completion date is the end of August. This depends on weather, equipment and other unforeseen conditions, according to TxDOT.