Spencer, IA (KICD)– Spencer Hospital has set a date for the permanent closing of a section of street to allow the Emergency Department to expand.

Approximately two blocks of East 11th Street will close to through traffic on May 1st.

Spencer Hospital Plant Operations Director Joel Wassom says residents will initially see barricades go up on the day of the closure midway in the 100 block of East 11th Street as construction crews prepare for initial work that will involve the removal of four hospital-owned houses on the south side of the street before the street elevation is then raised to the point needed to build the new Emergency Room Structure.