Spencer, IA (KICD)– Those planning to use a main artery on the east of Spencer as the new school year begins this week will likely have to find a slight detour as road work will not be fully completed.

The area in question is East 4th Street which has been undergoing work all summer that Engineer Ross McWhirter from Kruse, Cate and Nelson says is still in progress.

Because of this ongoing work, McWhirter says it is unlikely that the road will open to public traffic for the first few days of the school year.

City staff is working on communicating changes with school officials on the ongoing road closure along with getting signage updated in the affected area to make everyone is aware of what portion of road remains unavailable.