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Governors Drive expansion set to continue through the Medical District.

Huntsville Times
Residents will get the chance Thursday to review and discuss construction plans for the next phase of widening Governors Drive.

The city Engineering Department will hold the meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. in the first-floor conference room of the Public Services Building, 320 Fountain Circle.

The second phase will widen Governors Drive to seven lanes from Gallatin Street to east of California Street.

City Engineer Tom Cunningham will give a brief presentation about the project before taking questions from the public.

Copies of the construction design will be available for review. Comment sheets will be available for residents to comment on the plans.

The city held a similar meeting in August 2006 before starting construction on phase one of the widening from near Monroe Street to Gallatin.

Construction on the first phase started about a year ago and is expected to be completed in August. The city awarded APAC-Southeast Inc. a $6.8 million contract for phase one.

The city has more than $8.7 million budgeted in 2009 for construction of phase two.