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The long road to completion

by | Mar 22, 2017 | Latest

A stretch of Hwy. 78 leading into Wylie awaits concrete. The contracted deadline to finish the project is this May. Work started in September 2013. (Joe Reavis/The Wylie News)

 

Hwy. 78 widening to miss deadline

 

By Joe Reavis

Staff Writer

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The light is still a ways down the tunnel for construction crews to finish expanding Hwy. 78 from Wylie to Lavon, a project that has been underway for about 30 months.

There are three parts to the project, widening the roadway from two lanes to six divided lanes from Spring Creek in Wylie to SH 205 and from SH 205 to Lavon, and rehabilitating the road surface from Lavon to Farmersville.

For the full story see the March 22 issue and the e-Edition at https://www.etypeservices.com/Wylie%20NewsID245/default.aspx

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